#VU51664 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2021-23984

 

#VU51664 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2021-23984

Published: March 23, 2021 / Updated: April 8, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51664
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-2021-23984
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. A malicious extension could have opened a popup window lacking an address bar. The title of the popup lacking an address bar should not be fully controllable, but in this situation was. This could have been used to spoof a website and attempt to trick the user into providing credentials.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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