iOS Focus App JS:URI Timeout Race -> Script Exec
CVE-2024-0605 Published on January 22, 2024
Using a javascript: URI with a setTimeout race condition, an attacker can execute unauthorized scripts on top origin sites in urlbar. This bypasses security measures, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or unauthorized actions within the user's loaded webpage. This vulnerability affects Focus for iOS < 122.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-0605 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2024-0605 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-0605
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Affected Versions
Mozilla Focus for iOS:- Version unspecified and below 122 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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