Cross-origin PDF disclosure via multipart response handling
Published Oct 1, 2024 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Origin validation failure in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to read cross-origin PDF content. Multipart PDF responses are passed to PDF.js, where attacker-controlled JavaScript executes with the privileged resource://pdf.js origin instead of the response origin. Crafted content must reach a browser or browser-like context; desktop Site Isolation limits disclosure to same-site PDFs, and Thunderbird disables scripting during normal email reading.
Summary
What happened
Origin validation failure in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird allows remote attackers to read cross-origin PDF content. Multipart PDF responses are passed to PDF.js, where attacker-controlled JavaScript executes with the privileged resource://pdf.js origin instead of the response origin. Crafted content must reach a browser or browser-like context; desktop Site Isolation limits disclosure to same-site PDFs, and Thunderbird disables scripting during normal email reading.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9393
- Published
- Oct 1, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <131
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