Mozilla Thunderbird up to 132 Domain clickjacking

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 132. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Domain Handler. Performing a manipulation results in clickjacking. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-11701. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 132. This affects an unknown function of the component Domain 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. The summary by CVE is:

The incorrect domain may have been displayed in the address bar during an interrupted navigation attempt. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 133 and Thunderbird < 133.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-11701 since 11/25/2024. 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 04/05/2025). 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 211873 (Mozilla Firefox < 133.0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 133 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211873). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Mail Client Software

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• Mozilla

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• Thunderbird

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• 132

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/

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