CVE-2024-6601

Mozilla: Race condition in permission assignment

Severity Score

4.7

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

A race condition could lead to a cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128 and Firefox ESR < 115.13.

A race condition could lead to a cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 128, Firefox ESR < 115.13, Thunderbird < 115.13, and Thunderbird < 128.

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: A race condition could lead to a cross-origin container obtaining permissions of the top-level origin

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Spidermonkey, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution. Versions greater than or equal to 115.15.0:115 are affected.

*Credits: Andreas Farre

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-07-09 CVE Reserved
2024-07-09 CVE Published
2024-07-10 EPSS Updated
2024-12-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions
CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1890748
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-29
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-30
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-31
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-32

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6601	2024-07-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2296636	2024-07-29

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"				*		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				*		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				*		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Aus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel E4s Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel E4s"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Eus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Tus"				*		-		Affected
Alma Search vendor "Alma"		Linux Search vendor "Alma" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Amazon Search vendor "Amazon"		Linux Search vendor "Amazon" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				*		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				*		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				*		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				*		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Linux Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Aus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel E4s Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel E4s"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Els Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Els"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Eus"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Rhel Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Rhel Tus"				*		-		Affected
Rocky Search vendor "Rocky"		Linux Search vendor "Rocky" for product "Linux"				*		-		Affected
Slackware Search vendor "Slackware"		Slackware Linux Search vendor "Slackware" for product "Slackware Linux"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Packagehub Search vendor "Suse" for product "Packagehub"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-module-desktop-applications Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-module-desktop-applications"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-sdk Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-sdk"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle-we Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle-we"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc-espos Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc-espos"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc-ltss Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc-ltss"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sle Hpc Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sle Hpc"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sled Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sled"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles-ltss Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles-ltss"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles"				*		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Sles Sap Search vendor "Suse" for product "Sles Sap"				*		-		Affected