Insufficiently Protected Credentials Affecting mozilla package, versions [,68.10.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378582
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Oct 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-15646  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 68.10.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficiently Protected Credentials. If an attacker intercepts Thunderbird's initial attempt to perform automatic account setup using the Microsoft Exchange autodiscovery mechanism, and the attacker sends a crafted response, then Thunderbird sends username and password over https to a server controlled by the attacker. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.10.0.

CVSS Scores

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