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ghsa-9m9w-3428-h4cq

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 17:45

Modified

2022-07-13 00:01

Severity ?

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

Details

If an attacker is able to alter specific about:config values (for example malware running on the user's computer), the Devtools remote debugging feature could have been enabled in a way that was unnoticable to the user. This would have allowed a remote attacker (able to make a direct network connection to the victim) to monitor the user's browsing activity and (plaintext) network traffic. This was addressed by providing a visual cue when Devtools has an open network socket. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 87.

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CVE-2021-23985 (GCVE-0-2021-23985)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-03-31 13:41

Modified

2024-08-03 19:14

Severity ?

CWE

Devtools remote debugging feature could have been enabled without indication to the user

Summary

If an attacker is able to alter specific about:config values (for example malware running on the user's computer), the Devtools remote debugging feature could have been enabled in a way that was unnoticable to the user. This would have allowed a remote attacker (able to make a direct network connection to the victim) to monitor the user's browsing activity and (plaintext) network traffic. This was addressed by providing a visual cue when Devtools has an open network socket. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 87.

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/	x_refsource_MISC
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1659129	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Mozilla	Firefox	Version: unspecified < 87

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