CVE-2020-15664 — Incorrect Authorization in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV4.7
EPSS
0.4%
top 41.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 1
Latest updateMay 24
Description
By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have gained access to the InstallTrigger object which would allow them to prompt the user to install an extension. Combined with user confusion, this could result in an unintended or malicious extension being installed. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80, Thunderbird < 78.2, Thunderbird < 68.12, Firefox ESR < 68.12, Firefox ESR < 78.2, and Firefox for Android < 80.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages9 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
5GHSA▶
GHSA-f4gc-pc7j-rfxr: By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have gained access to the InstallTrigger object wh↗2022-05-24
CVEList▶
CVE-2020-15664: By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have gained access to the InstallTrigger object wh↗2020-10-01
OSV▶
CVE-2020-15664: By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have gained access to the InstallTrigger object wh↗2020-10-01
📋Vendor Advisories
9Debian▶
CVE-2020-15664: firefox - By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a mali...↗2020