Arbitrary File Upload Affecting mozilla package, versions [,68.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377743
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Aug 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15649  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-434  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 68.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload. Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to steal and upload local files of their choosing, regardless of the actually files picked. Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.11.

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