#VU68410 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2022-42931

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#VU68410 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox for Android - CVE-2022-42931

Published: October 18, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68410
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox for Android
Software vendor:
Mozilla

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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