Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-11693
Published: November 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100954
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11693
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to a file warning is not displayed when downloading .library-ms files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into downloading and execution malicious files on the system.
Note, the vulnerability affects only installations on Windows operating system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-11693
Install updates from vendor's website.