Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-0749

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-0749

Published: January 23, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85715
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-2024-0749
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A phishing site could have repurposed an about: dialog to show phishing content with an incorrect origin in the address bar.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
CentOS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little 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 Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
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 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 Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Desktop Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
www-client/firefox
mozilla-thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
mail-client/thunderbird
mozilla-firefox
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
firefox-flatpak
firefox-debuginfo
firefox-debugsource
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2024-0749

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 122.0
Firefox ESR - update to 115.7.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
www-client/firefox - update to 104
mozilla-thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird-bin - update to 115.7.0
mail-client/thunderbird - update to 115.7.0
mozilla-firefox - update to 115.7.0esr
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 115.7.0esr-1~deb11u1, 115.7.0esr-1~deb12u1
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 115.7.0-1.el7_9, 115.7.0-1.el8_2, 115.7.0-1.el8_4, 115.7.0-1.el8_6, 115.7.0-1.el8_8, 115.7.0-1.el8_9, 115.7.0-1.el9_0, 115.7.0-1.el9_2, 115.7.0-1.el9_3
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 115.7.0-1.el8_2, 115.7.0-1.el8_4, 115.7.0-1.el8_6, 115.7.0-1.el8_9, 115.7.0-1.el9_0, 115.7.0-1.el9_2, 115.7.0-1.el9_3
thunderbird - addressed in versions 115.7.0-1.fc38, 115.7.0-1.fc39
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:115.7.0-1~deb11u1, 1:115.7.0-1~deb12u1
firefox - update to 115.7.0-1.0.1
thunderbird - update to 115.7.0-1.0.1
MozillaFirefox-debugsource - addressed in versions 115.7.0-112.197.1, 115.7.0-150000.150.122.1, 115.7.0-150200.152.123.1
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo - addressed in versions 115.7.0-112.197.1, 115.7.0-150000.150.122.1, 115.7.0-150200.152.123.1
MozillaFirefox-devel - addressed in versions 115.7.0-112.197.1, 115.7.0-150000.150.122.1, 115.7.0-150200.152.123.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-common - addressed in versions 115.7.0-112.197.1, 115.7.0-150000.150.122.1, 115.7.0-150200.152.123.1
MozillaFirefox - addressed in versions 115.7.0-112.197.1, 115.7.0-150000.150.122.1, 115.7.0-150200.152.123.1
MozillaFirefox-translations-other - addressed in versions 115.7.0-150000.150.122.1, 115.7.0-150200.152.123.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other - update to 115.7.0-150200.8.145.1
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common - update to 115.7.0-150200.8.145.1
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource - update to 115.7.0-150200.8.145.1
MozillaThunderbird - update to 115.7.0-150200.8.145.1
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo - update to 115.7.0-150200.8.145.1
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream - update to 115.7.0-150200.152.123.1
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1, 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.23.10.1
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 122.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 122.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
firefox-flatpak - update to 122.0-1
firefox - addressed in versions 122.0-1.fc38, 122.0-1.fc39
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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