CVE-2023-28161
Published: 02 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-28161 is a high-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 36.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-31869
Vulnerability details
If temporary "one-time" permissions, such as the ability to use the Camera, were granted to a document loaded using a file: URL, that permission persisted in that tab for all other documents loaded from a file: URL. This is potentially…
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dangerous if the local files came from different sources, such as in a download directory. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Forces removal or modification of permissions no longer required after reassignment, preventing improper preservation of old access rights.