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

What is CVE-2024-9398?

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.

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Affected Version(s)

Firefox < 131

Firefox ESR < 128.3

Thunderbird < 128.3

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1881037
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-46/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-47/

CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Satoki Tsuji
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