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Vulnerability details: VCID-twxq-j2u9-gue2
Vulnerability ID VCID-twxq-j2u9-gue2
Aliases CVE-2021-23961
Summary Further techniques that built on the slipstream research combined with a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23961.json
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00369 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00417 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
epss 0.00429 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23961
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23961
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1492
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1836
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03
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
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23961.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-23961
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1677940
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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00019.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00020.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-09
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4895
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4897
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/
1951367 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1951367
ASA-202102-1 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202102-1
ASA-202104-4 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202104-4
AVG-1492 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1492
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:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2021-23961 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23961
mfsa2021-03 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03
mfsa2021-14 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-14
mfsa2021-15 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-15
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-4717-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4717-1/
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:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2021-23961.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:H/I:N/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:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23961
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:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23961
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 0.57986
EPSS Score 0.00369
Published At Aug. 14, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:09:45.505883+00:00 Mozilla Importer Import https://github.com/mozilla/foundation-security-advisories/blob/master/announce/2021/mfsa2021-15.yml 37.0.0