#VU57879 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2021-38505 

 

#VU57879 Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2021-38505

Published: November 2, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU57879
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-38505
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to absence of support for a new feature in Windows 10 known as Cloud Clipboard that, if enabled, will record data copied to the clipboard to the cloud, and make it available on other computers in certain scenarios. Applications that wish to prevent copied data from being recorded in Cloud History must use specific clipboard formats, which were not implemented in previous versions of Firefox and Firefox ESR.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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