CVE-2023-23598
Mozilla: Arbitrary file read from GTK drag and drop on Linux
Severity Score
6.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to <code>DataTransfer.setData</code>. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109, Thunderbird < 102.7, and Firefox ESR < 102.7.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
Due to the Firefox GTK wrapper code's use of text/plain for drag data and GTK treating all text/plain MIMEs containing file URLs as being dragged a website could arbitrarily read a file via a call to `DataTransfer.setData`.
*Credits:
N/A
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Attack Vector
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Privileges Required
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Confidentiality
Integrity
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2023-01-16 CVE Reserved
- 2023-01-19 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-11-12 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-450: Multiple Interpretations of UI Input
CAPEC
References (5)
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01 | 2023-06-08 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-02 | 2023-06-08 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-03 | 2023-06-08 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23598 | 2023-01-26 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162338 | 2023-01-26 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 109.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 109.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 102.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 102.7" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 102.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 102.7" | - |
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