gsd-2023-4579
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2023-4579


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{
   GSD: {
      alias: "CVE-2023-4579",
      id: "GSD-2023-4579",
   },
   gsd: {
      metadata: {
         exploitCode: "unknown",
         remediation: "unknown",
         reportConfidence: "confirmed",
         type: "vulnerability",
      },
      osvSchema: {
         aliases: [
            "CVE-2023-4579",
         ],
         details: "Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.",
         id: "GSD-2023-4579",
         modified: "2023-12-13T01:20:27.161353Z",
         schema_version: "1.4.0",
      },
   },
   namespaces: {
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            ASSIGNER: "security@mozilla.org",
            ID: "CVE-2023-4579",
            STATE: "PUBLIC",
         },
         affects: {
            vendor: {
               vendor_data: [
                  {
                     product: {
                        product_data: [
                           {
                              product_name: "Firefox",
                              version: {
                                 version_data: [
                                    {
                                       version_affected: "<",
                                       version_name: "unspecified",
                                       version_value: "117",
                                    },
                                 ],
                              },
                           },
                        ],
                     },
                     vendor_name: "Mozilla",
                  },
               ],
            },
         },
         credits: [
            {
               lang: "en",
               value: "Malte Jürgens",
            },
         ],
         data_format: "MITRE",
         data_type: "CVE",
         data_version: "4.0",
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                  value: "Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.",
               },
            ],
         },
         problemtype: {
            problemtype_data: [
               {
                  description: [
                     {
                        lang: "eng",
                        value: "Persisted search terms were formatted as URLs",
                     },
                  ],
               },
            ],
         },
         references: {
            reference_data: [
               {
                  name: "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766",
                  refsource: "MISC",
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               },
               {
                  name: "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/",
                  refsource: "MISC",
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               },
               {
                  name: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10",
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               },
            ],
         },
      },
      "nvd.nist.gov": {
         cve: {
            configurations: [
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                  nodes: [
                     {
                        cpeMatch: [
                           {
                              criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                              matchCriteriaId: "97397EB0-B9CD-4C1F-B2DC-92F03D4DC61B",
                              versionEndExcluding: "117.0",
                              vulnerable: true,
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                        operator: "OR",
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            ],
            descriptions: [
               {
                  lang: "en",
                  value: "Search queries in the default search engine could appear to have been the currently navigated URL if the search query itself was a well formed URL. This could have led to a site spoofing another if it had been maliciously set as the default search engine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117.",
               },
               {
                  lang: "es",
                  value: "Las consultas de búsqueda en el motor de búsqueda predeterminado podrían parecer haber sido la URL navegada actualmente si la consulta de búsqueda en sí fuera una URL bien formada. Esto podría haber llevado a que un sitio suplantara a otro si se hubiera configurado maliciosamente como motor de búsqueda predeterminado. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox &lt; 117.",
               },
            ],
            id: "CVE-2023-4579",
            lastModified: "2024-01-07T11:15:13.547",
            metrics: {
               cvssMetricV31: [
                  {
                     cvssData: {
                        attackComplexity: "HIGH",
                        attackVector: "NETWORK",
                        availabilityImpact: "NONE",
                        baseScore: 3.1,
                        baseSeverity: "LOW",
                        confidentialityImpact: "NONE",
                        integrityImpact: "LOW",
                        privilegesRequired: "NONE",
                        scope: "UNCHANGED",
                        userInteraction: "REQUIRED",
                        vectorString: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
                        version: "3.1",
                     },
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                     impactScore: 1.4,
                     source: "nvd@nist.gov",
                     type: "Primary",
                  },
               ],
            },
            published: "2023-09-11T09:15:09.407",
            references: [
               {
                  source: "security@mozilla.org",
                  tags: [
                     "Issue Tracking",
                     "Permissions Required",
                  ],
                  url: "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1842766",
               },
               {
                  source: "security@mozilla.org",
                  url: "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10",
               },
               {
                  source: "security@mozilla.org",
                  tags: [
                     "Vendor Advisory",
                  ],
                  url: "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-34/",
               },
            ],
            sourceIdentifier: "security@mozilla.org",
            vulnStatus: "Modified",
            weaknesses: [
               {
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                        value: "NVD-CWE-noinfo",
                     },
                  ],
                  source: "nvd@nist.gov",
                  type: "Primary",
               },
            ],
         },
      },
   },
}


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