CVE-2014-1566 (GCVE-0-2014-1566)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-09-03 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 31.1 on Android does not properly restrict copying of local files onto the SD card during processing of file: URLs, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from the Firefox profile directory via a crafted application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1515.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69522 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfs… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030792 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1050690 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2014-09-02 00:00
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