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CVE-2021-29987

Date: August 17, 2021

After requesting multiple permissions, and closing the first permission panel, subsequent permission panels will be displayed in a different position but still record a click in the default location, making it possible to trick a user into accepting a permission they did not want to. *This bug only affects Firefox on Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 91 and Thunderbird < 91.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29987
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-29987
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-36/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1716129
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-29987
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-33/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-29987

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CWE-307

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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