Description
A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the `file://` context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.
Published: 2023-06-02
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-2023-27697 A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the <code>file://</code> context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5816-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the <code>file://</code> context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109. A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the `file://` context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.
Title Logic bug in process allocation allowed to read arbitrary files

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-18T15:23:23.531Z

Reserved: 2023-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-23597

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:33.591Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-02T17:15:10.537

Modified: 2025-12-18T16:15:48.180

Link: CVE-2023-23597

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