Mozilla Firefox up to 128 Clipboard

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 128 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Clipboard Handler. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-8900. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 128. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Clipboard Handler. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

An attacker could write data to the user's clipboard, bypassing the user prompt, during a certain sequence of navigational events. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 129.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-8900 since 09/16/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/02/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207985 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 128.3), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 129 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207985). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 207985
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 128.3

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 129

Timelineinfo

09/16/2024 🔍
09/17/2024 +1 days 🔍
09/17/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/10/2025 +174 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-8900 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-8900
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-277791

Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2024 20:41
Updated: 03/10/2025 01:37
Changes: 09/17/2024 20:41 (54), 09/18/2024 17:58 (1), 10/01/2024 14:57 (11), 10/02/2024 07:13 (2), 03/10/2025 01:37 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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