Mozilla Thunderbird up to 68.4 Password insufficiently protected credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 68.4 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Password Handler. Such manipulation leads to insufficiently protected credentials. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-6794. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 68.4 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Password Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

If a user saved passwords before Thunderbird 60 and then later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords is still accessible. This is because the older stored password file was not deleted when the data was copied to a new format starting in Thunderbird 60. The new master password is added only on the new file. This could allow the exposure of stored password data outside of user expectations. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.

The weakness was published 03/02/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-6794 since 01/10/2020. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 68.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-150771, VDB-150769 and VDB-150768. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Insufficiently protected credentials
CWE: CWE-522
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 68.5

Timelineinfo

01/10/2020 🔍
03/02/2020 +52 days 🔍
03/02/2020 +0 days 🔍
05/12/2025 +1897 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: USN-4328-1
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-6794 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-6794
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-150770
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/02/2020 12:48
Updated: 05/12/2025 09:08
Changes: 03/02/2020 12:48 (38), 03/02/2020 12:53 (18), 04/07/2024 17:06 (19), 04/07/2024 17:14 (1), 05/12/2025 09:08 (5)
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