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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-4581

Excel `.xll` add-in files did not have a blocklist entry in Firefox's executable blocklist which allowed them to be downloaded without any warning of their potential harm.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 0.57%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Excel `.xll` add-in files did not have a blocklist entry in Firefox's executable blocklist which allowed them to be downloaded without any warning of their potential harm. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 117, Firefox ESR < 102.15, Firefox ESR < 115.2, Thunderbird < 102.15, and Thunderbird < 115.2.

CVSS 3.1
4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.57% probability · 46th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.