Access Restriction Bypass Affecting mozilla package, versions [,60.1.0)(60.1.0,61.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.14% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377507
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Oct 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-12369  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 60.1.0, 61.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. WebExtensions bundled with embedded experiments were not correctly checked for proper authorization. This allowed a malicious WebExtension to gain full browser permissions. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.1 and Firefox < 61.

CVSS Scores

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