CVE-2023-25729

CVE Details

Release Date:

2023-06-02

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2023-25729 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-0812	2023-02-21
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-0817	2023-02-21
Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-0808	2023-02-20
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-0821	2023-02-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (firefox)	ELSA-2023-0810	2023-02-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2023-0824	2023-02-20

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