CVE-2020-6824

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Low 2.8
Description
Initially, a user opens a Private Browsing Window and generates a password for a site, then closes the Private Browsing Window but leaves Firefox open. Subsequently, if the user had opened a new Private Browsing Window, revisited the same site, and generated a new password - the generated passwords would have been identical, rather than independent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-6824
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-04-24T16:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-05-01T17:37:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-384 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/384.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 75.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.8
  • Base Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.3
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1621853 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-12/ Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6824
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6824
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:34:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 15:40:21 2020-04-24T16:15Z 2020-04-24T16:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 15:40:21 2020-05-01T17:37:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 15:40:21 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated