#VU64753 Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2022-34482
Published: June 28, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64753
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-34482
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient UI warning when performing drag and drop operations. A remote attacker can trick the victim to drag and drop an image to a filesystem, manipulate the resulting filename to contain executable extension and execute arbitrary application on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.