CVE-2023-28161

Published Jun 2, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: If temporary "one-time" permissions, such as the ability to use the Camera, were granted to a document loaded using a file: URL, that permission persisted in that tab for all other documents loaded from a file: URL. This is potentially dangerous if the local files came from different sources, such as in a download directory. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111.
Source: security@mozilla.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-281

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "4C92D5DB-CF3B-4C0C-918A-D2DE67B898F8",
            "versionEndExcluding": "111.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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