Mozilla Firefox Pointer Lock clickjacking

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Pointer Lock Handler. The manipulation results in clickjacking. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-2611. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox (the affected version is unknown). Affected is an unknown code of the component Pointer Lock Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a clickjacking vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-451. The user interface (UI) does not properly represent critical information to the user, allowing the information - or its source - to be obscured or spoofed. This is often a component in phishing attacks. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

A missing delay on when pointer lock was used could have allowed a malicious page to trick a user into granting permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 124, Firefox ESR < 115.9, and Thunderbird < 115.9.

The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-2611 since 03/18/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/18/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1566.003.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 239942 (TencentOS Server 2: firefox (TSSA-2024:0095)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (239942). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Web Browser

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• Mozilla

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• Firefox

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• open-source

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

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