Protocol-handler hijacking via clickjacked notification bar
Published Mar 4, 2025 · Updated Jun 4, 2026
Clickjacking in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 136, and ESR editions before 128.8, allows remote attackers to register a protocol handler. The notification bar enables its permission button immediately, so page content can reposition a deceptive click over the approval control. Exploitation requires the user to click on a malicious page; registration causes later links for that protocol to open the attacker's page, and mailto links can disclose email-address data.
Summary
What happened
Clickjacking in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 136, and ESR editions before 128.8, allows remote attackers to register a protocol handler. The notification bar enables its permission button immediately, so page content can reposition a deceptive click over the approval control. Exploitation requires the user to click on a malicious page; registration causes later links for that protocol to open the attacker's page, and mailto links can disclose email-address data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1935
- Published
- Mar 4, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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