Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2022-42931
Published: October 18, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68410
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42931
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in Firefox uses Form Manager component to store login names in an unencrypted file on disk. A local user can read contents of the file and obtain login names to different websites.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-42931
Install updates from vendor's website.