CVE-2023-29533
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Description
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
A website could have obscured the fullscreen notification by using a combination of window.open, fullscreen requests, window.name assignments, and setInterval calls. This could have led to user confusion and possible spoofing attacks.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.
Additional information
- Bugzilla 2186101: Mozilla: Fullscreen notification obscured
- CWE-425: Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')
- FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2023-29533
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
| Red Hat | NVD | |
|---|---|---|
CVSS v3 Base Score | 7.5 | 4.3 |
Attack Vector | Network | Network |
Attack Complexity | High | Low |
Privileges Required | None | None |
User Interaction | Required | Required |
Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
Confidentiality Impact | High | None |
Integrity Impact | High | Low |
Availability Impact | High | None |
CVSS v3 Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Irvan Kurniawan as the original reporter.
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