Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2023-3417
Published: July 21, 2023 / Updated: July 25, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78541
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3417
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of the Text Direction Override Unicode Character in filenames. A remote attacker can show a potentially dangerous email attachment as a document file.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-3417
Install updates from vendor's website.