REDHAT-BUG-2309429
First published: Tue Sep 03 2024(Updated: )
Firefox normally asks for confirmation before asking the operating system to find an application to handle a scheme that the browser does not support. It did not ask before doing so for the Usenet-related schemes news: and snews:. Since most operating systems don't have a trusted newsreader installed by default, an unscrupulous program that the user downloaded could register itself as a handler. The website that served the application download could then launch that application at will This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, and Firefox ESR < 115.15.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Firefox | <130 | |
| Firefox ESR | <128.2<115.15 |
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