A malicious extension could have opened a popup window lacking an address bar. The title of the popup lacking an address bar should not be fully controllable, but in this situation was. This could have been used to spoof a website and attempt to trick the user into providing credentials. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.9, Firefox < 87, and Thunderbird < 78.9.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2607-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2609-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4874-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4876-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-10904 A malicious extension could have opened a popup window lacking an address bar. The title of the popup lacking an address bar should not be fully controllable, but in this situation was. This could have been used to spoof a website and attempt to trick the user into providing credentials. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.9, Firefox < 87, and Thunderbird < 78.9.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4893-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4995-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4995-2 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:14:10.003Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-23984

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-31T14:15:19.170

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:09.310

Link: CVE-2021-23984

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-03-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-23984 - Bugzilla

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