CVE-2024-0751

Mozilla: Privilege escalation through devtools

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*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.

*Credits: Rob Wu

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 8.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-01-19 CVE Reserved
2024-01-23 CVE Published
2024-02-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE 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
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00022.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

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
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"		-		Affected
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"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 115.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 115.7"		-		Affected
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"		-		Affected