Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.10 Popup Notification permission

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 7.9 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.10. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Popup Notification Handler. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-32207. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 102.10 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Popup Notification Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
A missing delay in popup notifications could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 113, Firefox ESR < 102.11, and Thunderbird < 102.11.
The weakness was presented 06/03/2023. The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-32207 since 05/04/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/20/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239763 (TencentOS Server 4: thunderbird (TSSA-2024:0450)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 102.11 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (239763). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Product
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Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: PermissionCWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 239763
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 4: thunderbird (TSSA-2024:0450)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Thunderbird 102.11
Timeline
05/04/2023 🔍06/03/2023 🔍
06/03/2023 🔍
06/20/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgAdvisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-32207 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-32207
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230618
Entry
Created: 06/03/2023 07:43Updated: 06/20/2025 15:07
Changes: 06/03/2023 07:43 (42), 06/29/2023 18:24 (11), 01/31/2025 17:59 (26), 04/25/2025 23:51 (3), 06/20/2025 15:07 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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