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.
Published: 2023-06-02
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3319-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3324-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5350-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5355-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-29636 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5880-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5943-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-863
Metrics ssvc

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-10T17:35:40.802Z

Reserved: 2023-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-25729

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Updated: 2024-08-02T11:32:12.249Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-02T17:15:11.050

Modified: 2025-01-10T18:15:17.783

Link: CVE-2023-25729

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-02-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-25729 - Bugzilla

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