Mozilla Firefox up to 129.x Notifications ui layer

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 129.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Notifications Handler. This manipulation causes ui layer. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-8388. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 129.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Notifications Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a ui layer vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1021. The web application does not restrict or incorrectly restricts frame objects or UI layers that belong to another application or domain, which can lead to user confusion about which interface the user is interacting with. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple prompts and panels from both Firefox and the Android OS could be used to obscure the notification announcing the transition to fullscreen mode after the fix for CVE-2023-6870 in Firefox 121. This could lead to spoofing the browser UI if the sudden appearance of the prompt distracted the user from noticing the visual transition happening behind the prompt. These notifications now use the Android Toast feature. *This bug only affects Firefox on Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-8388 since 09/03/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/30/2024).

Upgrading to version 130 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Web Browser

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• Mozilla

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• Firefox

Version

• 129

License

• open-source

Website

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

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