CVE-2013-0798 (GCVE-0-2013-0798)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-04-03 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 14:41
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 20.0 on Android uses world-writable and world-readable permissions for the app_tmp installation directory in the local filesystem, which allows attackers to modify add-ons before installation via an application that leverages the time window during which app_tmp is used.
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