CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5299
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-275
Description
A previously installed malicious Android application with same signature-level permissions as Firefox can intercept AuthTokens meant for Firefox only. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 50.0)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245791 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1245791 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory