Description
A website could have obscured the full screen notification by using the file open dialog. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.
Published: 2023-08-01
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-53942 A website could have obscured the full screen notification by using the file open dialog. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6267-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Mozilla: Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla firefox Esr
Mozilla thunderbird
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla firefox Esr
Mozilla thunderbird
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-18T15:23:20.742Z

Reserved: 2023-08-01T14:58:33.964Z

Link: CVE-2023-4051

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Updated: 2024-08-02T07:17:11.542Z

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Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-01T15:15:10.147

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:34:18.210

Link: CVE-2023-4051

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4051 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses