#VU62808 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2022-1520
Published: May 5, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62808
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1520
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data when processing signed and encrypted attached messages. If an email contains 2 attached messages, Thunderbird displays security status of the first opened attached message for the second attached message. As a result an attacker can spoof security status of the second attached message.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.