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CVE-2021-23972
CVE-2021-23972
PUBLISHED
One phishing tactic on the web is to provide a link with HTTP Auth. For example 'https://www.phishingtarget.com@evil.com'. To mitigate this type of attack, Firefox will display a warning dialog; however, this warning dialog would not have been displayed if evil.com used a redirect that was cached by the browser. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 86.
EPSS 0.41% · 61.5th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.41%
61.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | firefox | *, 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 80.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | mozjs78 | 0, 78.13.0-1, 78.15.0-2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mozjs38 | 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu3, 38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | firefox | 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 75.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mozjs52 | 52.3.1-0ubuntu3, 0, 52.3.1-7fakesync1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | mozjs68 | 68.6.0-1ubuntu1, 68.5.0-2~fakesync, 68.5.0-1~fakesync |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | firefox | *, *, * |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | mozjs52 | 0, 52.9.1-1build1, 52.9.1-1ubuntu3 |
Timeline
- Feb 26, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23972 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/#CVE-2021-23972 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683536 third-party-advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-07/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4756-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23972 third-party-advisory