CVE-2020-15649

Description

From CVE.org

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.

Statement

This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.15.5N/A
Attack VectorNetworkLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredNoneNoneN/A
User InteractionRequiredRequiredN/A
ScopeChangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityLowHighN/A
Integrity ImpactLowNoneN/A
Availability ImpactNoneNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-552

Confidentiality,Integrity

Technical Impact: Read Files or Directories; Modify Files or Directories

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Andrea Palazzo and Pedro Oliveira as the original reporters.

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