By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a user's system. This vulnerability affects Firef — CVE-2024-5690
Date
Source
MSRC
MSRC
Vendor
Microsoft
Microsoft
Threat
medium
medium
CVSS
4.3
4.3
Summary
Advisory CVE-2024-5690. By monitoring the time certain operations take, an attacker could have guessed which external protocol handlers were functional on a… Vendor: Microsoft. Source: MSRC. Threat: medium. CVSS 4.3. See the official…
What to do
General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):
- Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
- Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
- Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
- Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.