CVE-2017-20199

Description

A vulnerability was found in Buttercup buttercup-browser-extension up to 0.14.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Vault Handler. The manipulation results in improper access controls. The attack may be performed from a remote location. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 1.0.1 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as 89. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/issues/92
• https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/issues/92#issuecomment-358449755
• https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/issues/92#issuecomment-372991430
• https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/pull/89
• https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/releases/tag/v1.0.1
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319969
• https://vuldb.com/?id.319969
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.628170
• https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/issues/92#issuecomment-372991430

CWEs

CWE-266 CWE-284