CVE-2022-42931

Published Dec 22, 2022

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.
Source: security@mozilla.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.3
Impact score: 1.4
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Severity: LOW

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-312

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "181587B4-3F8B-4B6F-8791-0323506EC07F",
            "versionEndExcluding": "106.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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