Access Restriction Bypass Affecting mozilla package, versions [,29.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2379135
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Mar 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-1516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 29.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The saltProfileName function in base/GeckoProfileDirectories.java in Mozilla Firefox through 28.0.1 on Android relies on Android's weak approach to seeding the Math.random function, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass a profile-randomization protection mechanism via a crafted application.

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