CVE-2023-4051 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-290 — Authentication Bypass by Spoofing13 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV5.3
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedAug 1
Latest updateAug 29

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 116
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 116.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 115.2
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 115.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
firefox regressions↗2023-08-21
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OSV
firefox regressions↗2023-08-08
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2023-08-02
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OSV
CVE-2023-4051: A website could have obscured the full screen notification by using the file open dialog↗2023-08-01
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CVEList
Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog↗2023-08-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
Mozilla: Full screen notification obscured by file open dialog↗2023-08-29
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2023-08-02
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Debian
CVE-2023-4051: firefox - A website could have obscured the full screen notification by using the file ope...↗2023
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-38: CVE-2023-4051↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2023-36: CVE-2023-4051↗
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