#VU46020 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-15665

 

#VU46020 Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-15665

Published: August 25, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46020
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15665
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Firefox does not reset the address bar after the beforeunload dialog is  shown if the user chooses to remain on the page. As a result, an incorrect URL is shown in the address bar.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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