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CVE-2021-24002

Published: Jun 24, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-74
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.2%
Top 35.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

When a user clicked on an FTP URL containing encoded newline characters (%0A and %0D), the newlines would have been interpreted as such and allowed arbitrary commands to be sent to the FTP server. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.10, Thunderbird < 78.10, and Firefox < 88.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-74

Affected Products

firefoxmozilla
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
firefox esrmozilla
Desktop App
Consumer Software / browser
thunderbirdmozilla
On-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
and 26 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1702374
bugzilla.mozilla.org
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/
mozilla.org
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/
mozilla.org
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Timeline

Published
Jun 24, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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