CVE-2022-42931 (GCVE-0-2022-42931)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-22 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-15 15:23
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Username saved to a plaintext file on disk
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 106 (custom)
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Credits
Sergey Galich
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