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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 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.

Published

2023-06-02T17:15:11.050

Last Modified

2025-01-10T18:15:17.783

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Type: Secondary
CWE-863

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 110.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	< 102.8	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 102.8	Yes

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1792138 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)