Mozilla Thunderbird up to 130 Directory Upload UI clickjacking

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 130 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Directory Upload UI. This manipulation causes clickjacking. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-9397. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 130 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Directory Upload UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a clickjacking vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A missing delay in directory upload UI could have made it possible for an attacker to trick a user into granting permission via clickjacking. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 131, Firefox ESR < 128.3, Thunderbird < 128.3, and Thunderbird < 131.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-9397 since 10/01/2024. 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. 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 10/11/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1566.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207987 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 131.0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 131 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207987). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Clickjacking
CWE: CWE-451
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 207987
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 131.0

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 131

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10/01/2024 🔍
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03/09/2025 +159 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-9397 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-9397
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278995

Entryinfo

Created: 10/01/2024 17:58
Updated: 03/09/2025 01:04
Changes: 10/01/2024 17:58 (56), 10/02/2024 06:07 (2), 10/02/2024 12:43 (1), 10/11/2024 21:06 (11), 03/09/2025 01:04 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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