Arbitrary File Read Affecting Firefox package, versions [,109)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOX-5673409
  • published9 Jun 2023
  • disclosed9 Jun 2023
  • creditNiklas Baumstark

Introduced: 9 Jun 2023

CVE-2023-23597  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox to version 109 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the file:/ context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read.

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