CVE-2020-15650

low-risk

Published 2020-08-10

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings (but not access the previous profile). *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.11.

Do I need to act?

0.25% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Firefox Esr

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (4)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1652360

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-31/

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1652360

Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-31/

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal