FKIE_CVE-2020-12423

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-07-09 15:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 04:59
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. *Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlBroken Link
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlBroken Link
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642400Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642400Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
microsoft windows -
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