Mozilla Firefox up to 69.x History API authentication spoofing
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 69.x (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component History API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
By navigating a tab using the history API, an attacker could cause the address bar to display the incorrect domain (with the https:// scheme, a blocked port number such as '1', and without a lock icon) while controlling the page contents. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70.
The weakness was published 07/09/2020 as Bug 1528587 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-12412 since 04/28/2020. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading to version 70.0 eliminates this vulnerability.
Similar entries are available at 157798, 157797, 157796 and 157794.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Authentication spoofingCWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 70.0
Timeline
04/28/2020 🔍07/09/2020 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: Bug 1528587
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2020-12412 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 07/10/2020 08:35Updated: 07/10/2020 08:40
Changes: 07/10/2020 08:35 (44), 07/10/2020 08:40 (18)
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