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GHSA-8J5M-6WVX-8FQM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:44 – Updated: 2024-04-04 00:11

Details

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2018-5179 (GCVE-0-2018-5179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-26 13:55 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:26

Summary

A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Covert Channel

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories…

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	Firefox	Affected: All versions prior to Firefox 60

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8J5M-6WVX-8FQM

CVE-2018-5179 (GCVE-0-2018-5179)

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