Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.2 on macOS Email Attachment access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.2 on macOS. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Email Attachment Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-3155. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.2 on macOS (Mail Client Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Email Attachment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

When saving or opening an email attachment on macOS, Thunderbird did not set attribute com.apple.quarantine on the received file. If the received file was an application and the user attempted to open it, then the application was started immediately without asking the user to confirm. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.3.

The weakness was released 12/22/2022. The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-3155 since 09/07/2022. 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 04/15/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 102.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 102.3

Timelineinfo

09/07/2022 🔍
12/22/2022 +106 days 🔍
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04/15/2025 +845 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-3155 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-3155
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216536

Entryinfo

Created: 12/22/2022 22:24
Updated: 04/15/2025 19:52
Changes: 12/22/2022 22:24 (43), 01/22/2023 13:15 (11), 04/15/2025 19:52 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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