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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 open them without user…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 110.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | before 102.8 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 102.8 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138