fkie_cve-2016-5260
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-08-05 01:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-74.htmlVendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280294Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-74.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1280294Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *


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