CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-4104
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
An invalid Polkit Authentication check and missing authentication requirements for D-Bus methods allowed any local user to configure arbitrary VPN setups.
*This bug only affects Mozilla VPN on Linux. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN 2.16.1 < (Linux).
Affected configurations
• mozilla vpn (< 2.16.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1831318 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7055 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7110 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7151 Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-39/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/03/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1831318 Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7055 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7110 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/mozilla-vpn-client/pull/7151 Issue Tracking
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-39/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/08/03/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory