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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
Vendor
Microsoft
Threat
medium
CVSS
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.

Official advisory

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