CVE-2021-38510

high

Description

The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .inetloc files, which, due to a flaw in Mac OS, can run commands on a user's computer.*Note: This issue only affected Mac OS operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 94, Thunderbird < 91.3, and Firefox ESR < 91.3.

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-50/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-49/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-48/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1731779

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-12-08

Updated: 2022-07-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH