Permission grant via pointer-lock input-delay bypass
Published Mar 19, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Clickjacking in Mozilla Firefox before 124, Firefox ESR before 115.9, and Thunderbird before 115.9 allows remote attackers to obtain permissions. PopupNotifications fails to extend the permission-button input delay while pointer lock redirects repeated clicks, letting a page align those clicks with a visible prompt. A user must open the malicious page and keep clicking; successful exploitation grants the requested site permission, while email reading alone does not expose Thunderbird because scripting is disabled.
Summary
What happened
Clickjacking in Mozilla Firefox before 124, Firefox ESR before 115.9, and Thunderbird before 115.9 allows remote attackers to obtain permissions. PopupNotifications fails to extend the permission-button input delay while pointer lock redirects repeated clicks, letting a page align those clicks with a visible prompt. A user must open the malicious page and keep clicking; successful exploitation grants the requested site permission, while email reading alone does not expose Thunderbird because scripting is disabled.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-2611
- Published
- Mar 19, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <124
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