Firefox vulnerability allows attacker to determine if application is installed

CVE-2024-9398

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Mozilla
Status
Firefox
Firefox Esr
Thunderbird
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 October 2024

Summary

By checking the result of calls to window.open with specifically set protocol handlers, an attacker could determine if the application which implements that protocol handler is installed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131, Firefox ESR < 128.3, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

Affected Version(s)

Firefox < 131

Firefox ESR < 128.3

Thunderbird < 128.3

Refferences

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Satoki Tsuji
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