Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-x11 | Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefox | Sep 19, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefox-esr | Sep 5, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade firefox | Sep 6, 2024 | Sep 5, 2024 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade dev-lang/spidermonkey.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin. | Dec 9, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Mfsa2024 39 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 130.0 | Sep 5, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Mfsa2024 40 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 128.2 | Sep 5, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Mfsa2024 41 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 115.15 | Sep 5, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-x11 | Oct 16, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-x11Upgrade firefoxNo solution existsUpgrade firefox-debuginfoUpgrade firefox-debugsource | Sep 18, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade firefox-debugsourceUpgrade firefox-x11Upgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-debuginfo | Sep 17, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libmozjs-128-0Upgrade mozillafirefoxUpgrade mozillafirefox-develUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-otherUpgrade mozillafirefox-translations-commonUpgrade mozjs128Upgrade mozjs128-develUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-upstream | Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Sep 6, 2024 | Sep 3, 2024 |
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