CVE-2021-29975
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-05 19:46
Modified
2024-08-03 22:24
Severity ?
Summary
Through a series of DOM manipulations, a message, over which the attacker had control of the text but not HTML or formatting, could be overlaid on top of another domain (with the new domain correctly shown in the address bar) resulting in possible user confusion. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 90.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1713259Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1713259Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202202-03Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-28/Vendor Advisory
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