Description (CNA)
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Mozilla / Firefox | affected unspecified before 130 |
| Mozilla / Firefox ESR | affected unspecified before 128.2 |
| Mozilla / Firefox ESR | affected unspecified before 115.15 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1908496
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/
ADP enrichment
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