Access Control Bypass Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,128.5)[,133)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-8441561
  • published27 Nov 2024
  • disclosed26 Nov 2024
  • creditUmar Farooq

Introduced: 26 Nov 2024

NewCVE-2024-11697  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 128.5, 133 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass through the handling of keypress events. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into bypassing the confirmation dialog meant to prevent the execution of potentially harmful files.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1