CVE-2024-0751
Mozilla: Privilege escalation through devtools
Severity Score
8.8
*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
A malicious devtools extension could have been used to escalate privileges. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7, and Thunderbird < 115.7.
Se podría haber utilizado una extensión devtools maliciosa para escalar privilegios. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox < 122, Firefox ESR < 115.7 y Thunderbird < 115.7.
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A malicious devtools extension could have been used to escalate privileges.
Multiple security issues have been found in the Mozilla Firefox web browser, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code, phishing, clickjacking, privilege escalation, HSTS bypass or bypass of content security policies.
*Credits:
Rob Wu
CVSS Scores
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2024-01-19 CVE Reserved
- 2024-01-23 CVE Published
- 2025-02-13 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
- CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CAPEC
References (7)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00015.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00022.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-01 | 2024-02-02 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-02 | 2024-02-02 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-04 | 2024-02-02 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0751 | 2024-01-30 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259932 | 2024-01-30 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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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" | < 122.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 122.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 115.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 115.7" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 115.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 115.7" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 10.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "10.0" | - |
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