#VU64753 Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-34482

 

#VU64753 Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-34482

Published: June 28, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64753
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34482
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient UI warning when performing drag and drop operations. A remote attacker can trick the victim to drag and drop an image to a filesystem, manipulate the resulting filename to contain executable extension and execute arbitrary application on the system.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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