CVE-2021-23972

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-23972
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-26 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-23 19:08:00 UTC
DescriptionOne phishing tactic on the web is to provide a link with HTTP Auth. For example 'https://[email protected]'. 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202104-10) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 86 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501555 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 503846 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 630669 Mozilla Firefox for Android and iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2021-07)
  • 710020 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202104-10)
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