#VU99486 Spoofing attack in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-10462

 

#VU99486 Spoofing attack in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-10462

Published: October 29, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99486
Vulnerability risk: 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-2024-10462
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the browser truncates long URLs when displaying origin of permission prompt. A remote attacker can perform a spoofing attack by providing an overly long URL that looks like a trusted domain name.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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