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CVE-2023-25729

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to ope

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 110, 102.8
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for <code>ContentPrincipals</code> resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via <code>ExpandedPrincipals</code>. This could lead to further malicious actions such as downloading files or interacting with software already installed on the system. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Mozilla Firefox

    fixed in 110

  • Mozilla Thunderbird

    fixed in 102.8

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

    fixed in 102.8

References 4

mozilla.org

bugzilla.mozilla.org