Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131 Permission Prompt ui layer

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Permission Prompt Handler. This manipulation causes ui layer. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-10462. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 131. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Permission Prompt 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:

Truncation of a long URL could have allowed origin spoofing in a permission prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 132, Firefox ESR < 128.4, Thunderbird < 128.4, and Thunderbird < 132.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-10462 since 10/28/2024. 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).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 209869 (Mozilla Firefox ESR < 128.4), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 132 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (209869). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Ui layer
CWE: CWE-1021
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Nessus ID: 209869
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR < 128.4

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 132

Timelineinfo

10/28/2024 🔍
10/29/2024 +1 days 🔍
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03/02/2025 +124 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-10462 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-10462
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-282349

Entryinfo

Created: 10/29/2024 13:43
Updated: 03/02/2025 09:19
Changes: 10/29/2024 13:43 (56), 10/30/2024 13:24 (2), 03/02/2025 09:19 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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