VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-23597
Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A compromised web child process could disable web security opening restrictions, leading to a new child process being spawned within the `file://` context. Given a reliable exploit primitive, this new process could be exploited again leading to arbitrary file read. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 109.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-326
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538028Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538028Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-01/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.