Description
A malicious extension with the 'search' permission could have installed a new search engine whose favicon referenced a cross-origin URL. The response to this cross-origin request could have been read by the extension, allowing a same-origin policy bypass by the extension, which should not have cross-origin permissions. This cross-origin request was made without cookies, so the sensitive information disclosed by the violation was limited to local-network resources or resources that perform IP-based authentication. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 87.
Published: 2021-03-31
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-10906 A malicious extension with the 'search' permission could have installed a new search engine whose favicon referenced a cross-origin URL. The response to this cross-origin request could have been read by the extension, allowing a same-origin policy bypass by the extension, which should not have cross-origin permissions. This cross-origin request was made without cookies, so the sensitive information disclosed by the violation was limited to local-network resources or resources that perform IP-based authentication. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 87.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4893-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:09.955Z

Reserved: 2021-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-23986

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-31T14:15:19.343

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:09.577

Link: CVE-2021-23986

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