CVE-2023-4104 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Mozilla VPN on Linux versions 2.16.1 and earlier. It stems from an invalid Polkit authentication check and missing authentication for D-Bus methods, allowing any local user to configure arbitrary VPN setups. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and potentially leading to high integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:vpn:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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