CVE-2016-5260
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 mishandles changes from 'INPUT type="password"' to 'INPUT type="text"' within a single Session Manager session, which might allow attackers to discover cleartext passwords by reading a session restoration file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5260
Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-74.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | sid | fixed | 48.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"47.0.1"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-74.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280294
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5260
CWEs
CWE-200
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.