cve-2018-5179
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-04-26 13:55
Modified
2024-08-05 05:26
Severity ?
Summary
A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-11/Vendor Advisory
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