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CVE-2021-38492

UNKNOWN
Published 2021-11-03T00:03:56
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Description

When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Thunderbird

Affected Versions:

unspecified unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-qq3m-5g62-2hhj

Advisory Details

When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38492
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721107
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: October 21, 2024

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721107
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14
Published: 2021-11-03T00:03:56
Last Modified: 2024-08-04T01:44:22.943Z
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