CVE-2021-23999 Information

Description

If a Blob URL was loaded through some unusual user interaction it could have been loaded by the System Principal and granted additional privileges that should not be granted to web content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10 Thunderbird < 78.10 and Firefox < 88.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1691153 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8