Insecure Permissions Affecting mozilla package, versions [,50.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378916
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-5299  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-275  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 50.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. A previously installed malicious Android application with same signature-level permissions as Firefox can intercept AuthTokens meant for Firefox only. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

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