#VU84576 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2023-50762
Published: December 19, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84576
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-50762
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to spoof email content.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. When processing a PGP/MIME payload that contains digitally signed text, the first paragraph of the text was never shown to the user. This is because the text was interpreted as a MIME message and the first paragraph was always treated as an email header section. A digitally signed text from a different context, such as a signed GIT commit, could be used to spoof an email message.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.