Security features bypass in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2023-25740
Published: February 15, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72258
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25740
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling .scf scrips that are opened by the browser from the local filesystem. A remote attacker can trick the victim into launching a specially crafted .scf script that then initiates network requests from the operating system to the malicious server. A remote attacker can obtain potentially sensitive information including NTLM credentials.
Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Gentoo Linux
Firefox for Android
Firefox Focus for Android
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
Gentoo Linux
Firefox for Android
Firefox Focus for Android
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
How to mitigate CVE-2023-25740
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 110.0
Firefox for Android - update to 110.0
Firefox Focus for Android - update to 110.0.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 102.10.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.10.0
Firefox for Android - update to 110.0
Firefox Focus for Android - update to 110.0.1
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 102.10.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 102.10.0