#VU50886 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-23972

 

#VU50886 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2021-23972

Published: February 23, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50886
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23972
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of cached redirects with HTTP authentication. A remote attacker can force the browser not to display a phishing warning dialog, if the malicious website was previously cached by the browser.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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