VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-37203
Insufficient validation in the Drag and Drop API in conjunction with social engineering, may have allowed an attacker to trick end-users into creating a shortcut to local system files.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.25%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insufficient validation in the Drag and Drop API in conjunction with social engineering, may have allowed an attacker to trick end-users into creating a shortcut to local system files. This could have been leveraged to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.25% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291640Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=291640Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.