MitM-attack in Mozilla Firefox ESR



Published: 2021-01-26
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-26976
CWE-ID CWE-399
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Firefox ESR
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers

Vendor Mozilla

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU49018

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26976

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application, when processing embedded elements with https/http protocols. When a HTTPS pages was embedded in a HTTP page, and there was a service worker registered for the former, the service worker could have intercepted the request for the secure page despite the iframe not being a secure context due to the (insecure) framing.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website

Vulnerable software versions

Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 78.6.1, 68.0 - 68.12.0, 60.0 - 60.9.0

CPE2.3 External links

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-04/

Q & A

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