CVE-2020-15657 (GCVE-0-2020-15657)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-10 17:43 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:22
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- DLL hijacking due to incorrect loading path
Assigner
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Affected:
unspecified , < 78.1
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