Improper Access Control Affecting Firefox package, versions [,1.1.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-5668546
  • published6 Jun 2023
  • disclosed6 Jun 2023
  • creditKhiem Tran

Introduced: 6 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-28161  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 1.1.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. If temporary "one-time" permissions, such as the ability to use the Camera, were granted to a document loaded using a file: URL, that permission persisted in that tab for all other documents loaded from a file: URL. This is potentially dangerous if the local files come from different sources, such as in a download directory.

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