CVE-2016-5299 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

CWE-2753 documents3 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxDebian Firefox
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

A previously installed malicious Android application with same signature-level permissions as Firefox can intercept AuthTokens meant for Firefox only. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 50
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 50.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-cx8j-rw45-8cwm: A previously installed malicious Android application with same signature-level permissions as Firefox can intercept AuthTokens meant for Firefox only↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-5299: firefox - A previously installed malicious Android application with same signature-level p...↗2016
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