Improper Access Control Affecting mozilla package, versions [,60.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378939
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Apr 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Apr 2019

CVE-2018-5179  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 60.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

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