Is CVE-2023-25740 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-25740 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-25740?

CVE-2023-25740 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-25740?

CVE-2023-25740 has an EPSS score of 0.52% (41th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-25740?

Upgrade DeveloperEdition to 110.0 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-25740

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

After downloading a Windows .scf script from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system. This also had the potential to leak NTLM credentials to the resource. *This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110.

CWE-522

How to fix

Remediation Available

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:110.0Fixed in:110.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:110.0Fixed in:110.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

41stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

mozilla.org

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.mozilla.org

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CVE-2019-17662	Critical	9.8	97%	-	-
CVE-2020-29583	Critical	9.8	90%	KEV	-
CVE-2021-30116	Critical	10.0	86%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-44000	Critical	9.8	83%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-9160	Critical	9.8	77%	-	-
CVE-2017-9248	Critical	9.8	75%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-09.