CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-15657
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427
Description
Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 79.0)
• mozilla firefox esr (< 78.1)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 78.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1644954 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/ Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1644954 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/ Vendor Advisory