Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-4053

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Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla products - CVE-2023-4053

Published: August 1, 2023 / Updated: August 29, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU78853
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4053
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due an error when handling full screen notifications. A malicious website can obscure the full screen notification by using a URL with a scheme handled by an external program, such as a mailto URL, and perform spoofing attack.


Affected software

Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
firefox
thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
firefox-x11
firefox-langpacks
firefox-wayland
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2023-4053

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox ESR - update to 115.2.0
Mozilla Firefox - update to 116.0
Firefox for Android - update to 116.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 115.2.0
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0-1.el7_9, 102.15.0-1.el8_1, 102.15.0-1.el8_2, 102.15.0-1.el8_4, 102.15.0-1.el8_6, 102.15.0-1.el8_8, 102.15.0-1.el9_0, 102.15.0-1.el9_2
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 102.15.0-1.el7_9, 102.15.0-1.el8_1, 102.15.0-1.el8_2, 102.15.0-1.el8_4, 102.15.0-1.el8_8, 102.15.0-1.el9_0, 102.15.0-1.el9_2
firefox - addressed in versions 102.15.0-1.0.1, 115.3.0-1
thunderbird - update to 102.15.0-1.0.1
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.2.0esr
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 115.2.0-112.176.1, 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 115.2.0-150000.150.100.1, 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 115.2.0-150200.152.102.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.2.2-150200.8.130.1
firefox-x11 - update to 115.3.0-1
firefox-langpacks - update to 115.3.0-1
firefox-wayland - update to 115.3.0-1
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 115.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 116.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2, 116.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debuginfo - update to 128.8.0-1
firefox-debugsource - update to 128.8.0-1

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