CVE-2024-4768 — Improper Preservation of Permissions in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of PermissionsCWE-451 — User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information14 documents8 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 14
Latest updateMay 29

Description

A bug in popup notifications' interaction with WebAuthn made it easier for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 126, Firefox ESR < 115.11, and Thunderbird < 115.11.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages8 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 126
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 115.11.0+1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 115.11
▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 126.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 115.11

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
firefox regressions↗2024-05-29
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-05-22
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-05-21
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OSV
CVE-2024-4768: A bug in popup notifications' interaction with WebAuthn made it easier for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions↗2024-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2024-4768: A bug in popup notifications' interaction with WebAuthn made it easier for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions↗2024-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2024-05-22
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2024-05-21
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Potential permissions request bypass via clickjacking↗2024-05-14
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Debian
CVE-2024-4768: firefox - A bug in popup notifications' interaction with WebAuthn made it easier for an at...↗2024
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2024-23: CVE-2024-4768↗
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