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2 vulnerabilities found for Mozilla VPN 2.16.1 by Mozilla
CVE-2023-4104 (GCVE-0-2023-4104)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-09-11 08:02 – Updated: 2025-07-03 13:57
VLAI
Summary
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).
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- Local user authentication flaws in Mozilla VPN client for Linux in v2.16.0 and below.
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Mozilla VPN 2.16.1 |
Affected:
unspecified , < (Linux)
(custom)
|
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CVE-2023-4104 (GCVE-0-2023-4104)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-11 08:02 – Updated: 2025-07-03 13:57
VLAI
Summary
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).
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- Local user authentication flaws in Mozilla VPN client for Linux in v2.16.0 and below.
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Mozilla VPN 2.16.1 |
Affected:
unspecified , < (Linux)
(custom)
|
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