A malicious extension with the 'search' permission could have installed a new search engine whose favicon referenced a cross-origin URL. The response to this cross-origin request could have been read by the extension, allowing a same-origin policy bypass by the extension, which should not have cross-origin permissions. This cross-origin request was made without cookies, so the sensitive information disclosed by the violation was limited to local-network resources or resources that perform IP-based authentication. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 87.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1692623 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/ Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2021-03-31T13:41:04

Updated: 2021-06-24T13:27:30

Reserved: 2021-01-13T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-23986

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-03-31T14:15:19.343

Modified: 2021-08-06T18:18:20.120


Link: CVE-2021-23986

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