Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-8388

 

Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Firefox for Android - CVE-2024-8388

Published: September 3, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96734
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8388
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Firefox for Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to multiple prompts and panels from both Firefox and the Android OS could be used to obscure the notification announcing the transition to fullscreen mode. A remote attacker can perform spoofing attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-8388

Install updates from vendor's website.

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