CVE-2023-37203
Published: 5 July 2023
Insufficient validation in the Drag and Drop API in conjunction with social engineering, may have allowed an attacker to trick end-users into creating a shortcut to local system files. This could have been leveraged to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
| mdeslaur | starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
| focal |
Released
(115.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.3)
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(115.0-1)
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
| lunar |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/#CVE-2023-37203
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291640
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6201-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37203
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian