PT-2023-9056 · Mozilla+9 · Firefox+11

Umar Farooq

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Published

2023-06-18

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Updated

2025-03-14

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CVE-2023-4053

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox versions prior to 116 Firefox ESR versions prior to 115.2 Thunderbird versions prior to 115.2
Description The issue is related to incorrect handling of symbolic links before accessing a file, allowing a remote attacker to impact data integrity. A website could obscure the full screen notification by using a URL with a scheme handled by an external program, such as a mailto URL, leading to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks.
Recommendations For Firefox versions prior to 116, update to version 116 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 115.2, update to version 115.2 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 115.2, update to version 115.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2023:4952
ALSA-2023:4954
ALSA-2023:4955
ALSA-2023:4958
ALT-PU-2023-5754
ALT-PU-2023-5836
ALT-PU-2023-6436
ALT-PU-2024-13898
ALT-PU-2024-14035
ALT-PU-2024-3614
ALT-PU-2024-3860
ALT-PU-2024-4241
ALT-PU-2024-4748
BDU:2024-03311
CESA-2023_4952
CESA-2023_4954
CVE-2023-4053
MGASA-2023-0266
OESA-2025-1265
OESA-2025-1268
OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3519-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2023_3664-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13124-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13197-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13202-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2023:4945
RHSA-2023:4946
RHSA-2023:4947
RHSA-2023:4948
RHSA-2023:4949
RHSA-2023:4950
RHSA-2023:4951
RHSA-2023:4952
RHSA-2023:4954
RHSA-2023:4955
RHSA-2023:4956
RHSA-2023:4957
RHSA-2023:4958
RHSA-2023:4959
RHSA-2023:5019
RHSA-2023_4945
RHSA-2023_4952
RHSA-2023_4954
RHSA-2023_4955
RHSA-2023_4958
RHSA-2023_5019
RLSA-2023:4952
RLSA-2023:4954
SUSE-SU-2023:3519-1
SUSE-SU-2023:3559-1
SUSE-SU-2023:3562-1
SUSE-SU-2023:3664-1
USN-6267-1
USN-6267-2
USN-6267-3

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Firefox
Firefox Esr
Linuxmint
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse
Thunderbird
Ubuntu