CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-15646
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-10-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla thunderbird (< 68.10.0)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606610 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606610 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/ Vendor Advisory