#VU57884 Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2021-38510
Published: November 2, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57884
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2021-38510
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to silently download dangerous files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the executable file warning is not presented to the user when downloading .inetloc files. A remote attacker can silently download a potentially dangerous file to the user's system.
The vulnerability affects macOS operating system only.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.