Vulnerability CVE-2021-23998
Published: 2021-06-24

Description:
Through complicated navigations with new windows, an HTTP page could have inherited a secure lock icon from an HTTPS page. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

Type:

CWE-345

 (Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Mozilla -> Firefox 
Mozilla -> Firefox esr 
Mozilla -> Thunderbird 

 References:
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1667456
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/
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