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 < 92, Thunderbird < 91.1, Thunderbird < 78.14, Firefox ESR < 78.14, and Firefox ESR < 91.1.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1721107 | Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-14 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-38/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-39/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-40/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-41/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-42/ | Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2021-11-03T00:03:56
Updated: 2022-08-10T06:08:40
Reserved: 2021-08-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-38492
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2021-11-03T01:15:07.200
Modified: 2022-12-09T19:19:12.667
Link: CVE-2021-38492
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