CVE-2020-15657 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path ElementCWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path9 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedAug 10
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 79
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 79.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 78.1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 78.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vxw8-wvxp-5f2r: Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2020-15657: Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory↗2020-08-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Red Hat
Mozilla: DLL hijacking due to incorrect loading path↗2020-07-28
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Debian
CVE-2020-15657: firefox - Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation ...↗2020
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-30: CVE-2020-15657↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-32: CVE-2020-15657↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-33: CVE-2020-15657↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-15657 Mozilla: DLL hijacking due to incorrect loading path↗2020-07-29
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