Mozilla Firefox up to 108 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Mozilla Firefox up to 108. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-23597. 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 Firefox up to 108 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the `file://` context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.

The weakness was released 01/17/2023 by Niklas Baumstark as Bug 1538028 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The advisory contains:

A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the file:// context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read.
This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-23597. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 247435 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-23597), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 109 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (247435) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-27697). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 247435
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-23597

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 109

Timelineinfo

01/16/2023 🔍
01/17/2023 +1 days 🔍
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01/19/2023 +2 days 🔍
12/18/2025 +1064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1538028
Researcher: Niklas Baumstark
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2023-23597 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23597
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-218986
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2023 14:16
Updated: 12/18/2025 18:10
Changes: 01/19/2023 14:16 (1), 01/19/2023 14:17 (16), 01/19/2023 14:20 (28), 02/15/2023 12:32 (1), 08/10/2025 22:11 (17), 10/14/2025 05:00 (1), 12/18/2025 18:10 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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