CVE-2023-4053

medium

Description

A website could have obscured the full screen notification by using a URL with a scheme handled by an external program, such as a mailto URL. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 115.2, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-38/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-36/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1839079

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-08-01

Updated: 2023-09-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium