CVE-2021-38492

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

03/11/2021

Last modified:

21/10/2024

Description

When delegating navigations to the operating system, Firefox would accept the `mk` scheme which might allow attackers to launch pages and execute scripts in Internet Explorer in unprivileged mode. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::		92.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	91.0 (including)	91.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::		78.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::		78.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::	91.0 (including)	91.1 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2021-38492

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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