FKIE_CVE-2020-6794

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-03-02 05:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:23
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
If a user saved passwords before Thunderbird 60 and then later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords is still accessible. This is because the older stored password file was not deleted when the data was copied to a new format starting in Thunderbird 60. The new master password is added only on the new file. This could allow the exposure of stored password data outside of user expectations. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606619Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606619Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla thunderbird *
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.10
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