CVE-2021-29965Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 24
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A malicious website that causes an HTTP Authentication dialog to be spawned could trick the built-in password manager to suggest passwords for the currently active website instead of the website that triggered the dialog. *This bug only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 89.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified89
NVDmozilla/firefox< 89.0
mozillamozilla/firefox

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-272h-q2v7-f686: A malicious website that causes an HTTP Authentication dialog to be spawned could trick the built-in password manager to suggest passwords for the cur2022-05-24
OSV
CVE-2021-29965: A malicious website that causes an HTTP Authentication dialog to be spawned could trick the built-in password manager to suggest passwords for the cur2021-06-24

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2021-29965: firefox - A malicious website that causes an HTTP Authentication dialog to be spawned coul...2021
Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2021-23: CVE-2021-29965