Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Firefox ESR - CVE-2024-8900

Vulnerability identifier: #VU97920

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: 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-2024-8900

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
Oracle 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 Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Anolis OS
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
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 Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Package Hub 15
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
www-client/firefox
thunderbird
firefox (Red Hat package)
firefox
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox-debugsource
MozillaFirefox-debuginfo
MozillaFirefox-translations-common
MozillaFirefox-devel
MozillaThunderbird-debuginfo
MozillaThunderbird-translations-other
MozillaThunderbird-debugsource
MozillaThunderbird-translations-common
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox-branding-upstream
MozillaFirefox-translations-other
mail-client/thunderbird
mail-client/thunderbird-bin
dev-lang/spidermonkey
thunderbird-debuginfo
thunderbird-debugsource
thunderbird-librnp-rnp
thunderbird-wayland
Mozilla Thunderbird

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote attacker can write data to the user's clipboard, bypassing the user prompt, during a certain sequence of navigational events.

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-47/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1872841