Spoofing attack in Mozilla products - CVE-2024-1549
Published: February 20, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86640
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1549
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Firefox for iOS
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Firefox for Android
Firefox for iOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can use a malicious website to set a large custom cursor, portions of the which can overlap with the permission dialog, potentially resulting in user confusion and unexpected granted permissions.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-1549
Install updates from vendor's website.