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Vulnerability details: VCID-tquq-s92a-gbgw
Vulnerability ID VCID-tquq-s92a-gbgw
Aliases CVE-2021-23999
Summary If a Blob URL was loaded through some unusual user interaction, it could have been loaded by the System Principal and granted additional privileges that should not be granted to web content.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-281 Improper Preservation of Permissions
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
CWE-697 Incorrect Comparison
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23999.json
epss 0.00196 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
epss 0.00283 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23999
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23999
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1834
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1836
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23999.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23999
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1691153
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23961
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23991
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23992
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23993
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23994
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23995
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23998
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23999
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24002
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29945
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29946
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29948
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-29949
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16/
1951368 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1951368
ASA-202104-3 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202104-3
ASA-202104-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202104-4
AVG-1834 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1834
AVG-1836 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1836
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2021-23999 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23999
mfsa2021-14 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14
mfsa2021-15 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15
mfsa2021-16 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-16
RHSA-2021:1350 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1350
RHSA-2021:1351 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1351
RHSA-2021:1352 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1352
RHSA-2021:1353 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1353
RHSA-2021:1360 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1360
RHSA-2021:1361 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1361
RHSA-2021:1362 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1362
RHSA-2021:1363 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1363
USN-4926-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4926-1/
USN-4995-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4995-1/
USN-4995-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4995-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23999.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23999
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23999
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.41933
EPSS Score 0.00196
Published At Aug. 16, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:09:45.526824+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2021/mfsa2021-15.yml 37.0.0