Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-5689

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Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-5689

Published: June 11, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU91742
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5689
CWE-ID: CWE-1021
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform phishing attack.

The vulnerability exists due user confusion when taking screenshots with Firefox. In addition to detecting when a user was taking a screenshot (XXX), a website was able to overlay the "My Shots" button that appeared, and direct the user to a replica Firefox Screenshots page that could be used for phishing.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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