Mozilla Firefox up to 101 iFrame sandbox

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 101 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component iFrame Handler. The manipulation results in sandbox. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-34474. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 101 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component iFrame Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sandbox vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-265. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Even when an iframe was sandboxed with <code>allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation</code>, if it received a redirect header to an external protocol the browser would process the redirect and prompt the user as appropriate. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 102.

The weakness was released 06/28/2022 with Amazon Malvertising Team as Bug 1677138 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

Even when an iframe was sandboxed with allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation, if it received a redirect header to an external protocol the browser would process the redirect and prompt the user as appropriate.
This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-34474. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/16/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1611.

Upgrading to version 102 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sandbox
CWE: CWE-265 / CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 102

Timelineinfo

06/24/2022 🔍
06/28/2022 +4 days 🔍
06/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2022 +94 days 🔍
04/16/2025 +929 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1677138
Organization: Amazon Malvertising Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2022-34474 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-34474
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209976

Entryinfo

Created: 09/30/2022 10:32
Updated: 04/16/2025 04:52
Changes: 09/30/2022 10:32 (17), 09/30/2022 10:36 (29), 10/26/2022 16:00 (1), 04/16/2025 04:52 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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