CVE-2023-25734 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

After downloading a Windows <code>.url</code> shortcut from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system. This also had the potential to leak NTLM credentials to the resource.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Mozilla	Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1784451
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1809923
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1810143
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1812338
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25734
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25734
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/#CVE-2023-25734
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/#CVE-2023-25734
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/

History

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-601
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-09T21:03:44.768Z

Reserved: 2023-02-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-25734

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:32:12.256Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-02T17:15:11.237

Modified: 2025-01-09T21:15:21.630

Link: CVE-2023-25734

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-02-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-25734 - Bugzilla

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