If a user installed an extension of a particular type, the extension could have auto-updated itself and while doing so, bypass the prompt which grants the new version the new requested permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97, Thunderbird < 91.6, and Firefox ESR < 91.6.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | May 4, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade librewolfUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esr | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 22, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfo | Jul 4, 2022 | Jul 4, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debugsource | Feb 17, 2022 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade firefox-esrUpgrade thunderbird | Feb 11, 2022 | Feb 11, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird. | Feb 22, 2022 | Feb 21, 2022 |
| Mfsa2022 04 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 97.0 | Feb 9, 2022 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Mfsa2022 05 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 91.6 | Feb 9, 2022 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 91.6 | Feb 17, 2022 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird | Feb 15, 2022 | Feb 8, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade thunderbirdNo solution existsUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbird-debugsource | Feb 17, 2022 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debuginfoUpgrade thunderbird-debugsource | Mar 5, 2024 | Dec 22, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade mozillathunderbirdUpgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade mozillathunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozillafirefox | Feb 24, 2022 | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox | Feb 15, 2022 | Feb 14, 2022 |
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