Vulnerability identifier: #VU48469

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26965

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers
Firefox ESR
Client/Desktop applications / Web browsers

Vendor: Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the way software keyboards are handled by the Firefox. Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password.

A local user leverage this behavior to gain access to passwords, stored by software keyboards.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Mozilla Firefox: 60.0 - 82.0.3

Firefox ESR: 78.0 - 78.4.1, 68.0 - 68.12.0, 60.0 - 60.9.0

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CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_firefox:82.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?