#VU100958 Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-11698
Published: November 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100958
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11698
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in handling fullscreen transitions. A remote attacker can force the browser to be stuck in the fullscreen mode even after pressing the "Esc" button and perform a spoofing attack.
Note, the vulnerability affects installations on macOS only.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.