Mozilla Firefox up to 115.23.1 Full Screen Notifications link following

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Full Screen Notifications Handler. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-4053. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Full Screen Notifications Handler. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A website could have obscured the full screen notification by using a URL with a scheme handled by an external program, such as a mailto URL. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116.

The weakness was released 08/01/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-4053 since 08/01/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/20/2025).

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 116 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (239763). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Firefox

Version

• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.7.1
• 0.7.2
• 0.7.3
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.2.1
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.4.1
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.35
• 0.9.48
• 0.10
• 0.10.1
• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.1
• 1.1.8
• 1.2
• 1.2.1
• 1.3
• 1.3.1
• 1.4
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.4
• 1.5
• 1.5.0.1
• 1.5.0.2
• 1.5.0.3
• 1.5.0.4
• 1.5.0.5
• 1.5.0.6
• 1.5.0.7
• 1.5.0.8
• 1.5.0.9
• 1.5.0.10
• 1.5.0.11
• 1.5.0.12
• 1.5.0.14
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.8
• 2
• 2.0
• 2.0 .4
• 2.0 8
• 2.0.0.1
• 2.0.0.2
• 2.0.0.3
• 2.0.0.4
• 2.0.0.5
• 2.0.0.6
• 2.0.0.7
• 2.0.0.8
• 2.0.0.9
• 2.0.0.10
• 2.0.0.11
• 2.0.0.12
• 2.0.0.13
• 2.0.0.14
• 2.0.0.15
• 2.0.0.16
• 2.0.0.17
• 2.0.0.18
• 2.0.0.19
• 2.0.0.20
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.7
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.10
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.5
• 3
• 3.0
• 3.0.1
• 3.0.2
• 3.0.3
• 3.0.4
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.6
• 3.0.7
• 3.0.8
• 3.0.9
• 3.0.10
• 3.0.11
• 3.0.12
• 3.0.13
• 3.0.14
• 3.0.15
• 3.0.16
• 3.0.17
• 3.0.19
• 3.0beta5
• 3.1
• 3.5
• 3.5.1
• 3.5.2
• 3.5.3
• 3.5.4
• 3.5.5
• 3.5.6
• 3.5.7
• 3.5.8
• 3.5.9
• 3.5.10
• 3.5.11
• 3.5.12
• 3.5.13
• 3.5.14
• 3.5.15
• 3.5.16
• 3.5.17
• 3.5.18
• 3.5.19
• 3.6
• 3.6.1
• 3.6.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.6.4
• 3.6.6
• 3.6.7
• 3.6.8
• 3.6.9
• 3.6.10
• 3.6.11
• 3.6.12
• 3.6.13
• 3.6.14
• 3.6.15
• 3.6.16
• 3.6.17
• 3.6.18
• 3.6.19
• 3.6.20
• 3.6.21
• 3.6.22
• 3.6.26
• 3.6.28
• 3.7
• 3.11.5
• 4.0
• 4.0.1
• 5.0
• 5.0.1
• 6.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 7.0
• 7.0.1
• 8.0
• 8.0 for Mac
• 8.0.1
• 8.1
• 8.2
• 9.0
• 9.0.1
• 9.1
• 10.0
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 10.0.3
• 10.0.4
• 10.0.5
• 10.0.7
• 10.1
• 10.2
• 11.0
• 12.0
• 13.0
• 14
• 14.0.1
• 15
• 15.0.1 (downgrade)
• 15.0a1
• 16
• 16.0.1
• 16.0.2
• 17.0
• 17.0.1
• 17.0.2
• 17.0.3
• 17.0.4
• 17.0.5
• 17.0.6
• 18.0
• 19.0
• 19.0.1
• 19.0.2
• 20.0
• 20.0.1
• 21.0
• 22.0
• 23.0
• 23.0.1
• 24.0
• 24.0.1
• 24.0.2
• 24.1.0
• 24.1.1
• 24.2
• 24.3
• 24.4
• 24.5
• 24.7
• 25
• 25.0
• 25.0.1
• 26
• 26.0
• 27
• 27.0
• 28
• 28.0
• 28.0.1
• 29.0
• 29.0.1
• 30.0
• 31
• 31.0
• 31.1.0
• 31.1.1
• 31.2
• 31.3.0
• 32.0
• 33
• 33.0
• 34
• 34.0
• 34.0.5
• 35
• 36
• 36.0.3
• 36.0.4
• 37
• 37.0
• 37.0.1
• 37.0.2
• 38
• 38.0
• 39
• 39.0
• 39.0.3
• 40
• 40.0.3
• 41
• 41.0
• 41.0.1
• 42
• 43
• 43.0
• 44
• 44.0.2
• 45
• 45.0
• 45.6
• 47.0
• 48
• 49
• 49.0
• 49.0.2
• 50
• 50.0.1
• 50.0.2
• 50.1
• 51
• 51.0.3
• 52
• 52.6
• 52.8
• 53
• 54.0
• 55
• 56
• 57
• 57.0.1
• 58.0
• 58.0.1
• 59
• 59.0.1
• 60
• 60.0
• 60.0.2
• 61
• 62.0
• 62.0.3
• 63.0
• 64
• 64.0
• 65
• 65.0.0
• 65.0.1
• 66
• 66.0
• 67
• 67.0
• 67.0.2
• 67.0.3
• 67.0.4
• 68.0
• 68.0.2
• 68.7
• 68.11
• 68.12
• 69.0
• 69.0.1
• 70
• 70.0
• 71
• 71.0
• 72
• 72.0
• 74.0
• 74.0.0
• 74.0.1
• 75.0
• 76
• 76.0
• 77
• 77.0
• 78.0
• 78.4
• 78.7
• 78.10.1
• 80.0
• 81.0
• 82
• 82.0
• 83.0
• 84.0
• 85.0
• 86.0
• 87.0
• 88.0
• 89.0
• 89.0.1
• 90.0
• 91.0
• 91.0.1
• 91.7
• 91.8
• 92.0
• 93.0
• 94.0
• 95.0
• 96
• 97
• 98
• 99
• 100
• 101
• 102
• 102.2
• 102.6
• 103
• 104
• 105
• 106
• 107
• 108
• 109
• 110
• 110.1
• 111
• 112
• 113
• 114
• 115
• 115.0.2
• 115.6
• 115.9
• 115.23
• 115.23.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
• Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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