CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-43528

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Dec 08, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.3 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

Thunderbird unexpectedly enabled JavaScript in the composition area. The JavaScript execution context was limited to this area and did not receive chrome-level privileges, but could be used as a stepping stone to further an attack with other vulnerabilities. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.4.0.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Thunderbird Mozilla * 91.4.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat thunderbird-0:91.4.0-3.el7_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions RedHat thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_1 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support RedHat thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_2 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support RedHat thunderbird-0:91.4.0-2.el8_4 *
Thunderbird Ubuntu bionic *
Thunderbird Ubuntu devel *
Thunderbird Ubuntu focal *
Thunderbird Ubuntu hirsute *
Thunderbird Ubuntu impish *
Thunderbird Ubuntu jammy *
Thunderbird Ubuntu kinetic *
Thunderbird Ubuntu lunar *
Thunderbird Ubuntu trusty *
Thunderbird Ubuntu upstream *
Thunderbird Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References