UI spoofing via overlapping WebAuthn prompt
Published Oct 24, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
UI spoofing in Mozilla Firefox before 119 allows remote attackers to hide the fullscreen notice with a simultaneous WebAuthn prompt. The browser permits DOM fullscreen state while a WebAuthn security-credential dialog is shown, allowing the prompt to cover the fullscreen warning and conceal browser chrome. A victim must visit a malicious page and interact with it; the resulting deception can misrepresent the page's origin or imitate trusted interface elements.
Summary
What happened
UI spoofing in Mozilla Firefox before 119 allows remote attackers to hide the fullscreen notice with a simultaneous WebAuthn prompt. The browser permits DOM fullscreen state while a WebAuthn security-credential dialog is shown, allowing the prompt to cover the fullscreen warning and conceal browser chrome. A victim must visit a malicious page and interact with it; the resulting deception can misrepresent the page's origin or imitate trusted interface elements.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-5729
- Published
- Oct 24, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 24, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <119
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Public exploit references
- spoof.html WebAuthn fullscreen demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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