External application launch via tapjacked intent prompt
Published Nov 26, 2024 · Updated Jan 6, 2025
Tapjacking in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 133 allows remote attackers to trick users into approving Android app launches. The Android intent-confirmation prompt enabled its Allow control immediately, so rapid taps aimed at an underlying page could activate the newly displayed approval button. Successful exploitation requires a user to visit a malicious website and tap repeatedly; approval launches an external application whose own flaws can then be exposed.
Summary
What happened
Tapjacking in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 133 allows remote attackers to trick users into approving Android app launches. The Android intent-confirmation prompt enabled its Allow control immediately, so rapid taps aimed at an underlying page could activate the newly displayed approval button. Successful exploitation requires a user to visit a malicious website and tap repeatedly; approval launches an external application whose own flaws can then be exposed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-11700
- Published
- Nov 26, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- CWE-1021, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 26, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <133
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <133
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