Spoofing attack in Firefox ESR - CVE-2020-6827

 

Spoofing attack in Firefox ESR - CVE-2020-6827

Published: April 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26656
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6827
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of intent://-schemed URL. A remote attacker can trick Firefox for Android into displaying the incorrect URI.

Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.


Affected software

Firefox ESR
Slackware Linux
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6827

Install updates from vendor's website.

Firefox ESR - update to 68.7.0

External References

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