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FKIE_CVE-2020-15646

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-10-08 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:56

Severity

5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Summary

If an attacker intercepts Thunderbird's initial attempt to perform automatic account setup using the Microsoft Exchange autodiscovery mechanism, and the attacker sends a crafted response, then Thunderbird sends username and password over https to a server controlled by the attacker. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.10.0.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606610	Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606610	Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	mozilla	thunderbird	*

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CVE-2020-15646 (GCVE-0-2020-15646)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-08 13:37 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:22

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Automatic account setup leaks Microsoft Exchange login credentials

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_MISC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606610	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 68.10.0 (custom)

Show details on NVD website

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Sightings

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