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. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.
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:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox. | May 4, 2023 | May 3, 2023 |
| Mfsa2023 01 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 109.0 | Jan 18, 2023 | Jan 17, 2023 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Jan 23, 2023 | Jan 23, 2023 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jun 2, 2023 |
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