CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-26966

Searching for a single word from the address bar caused an mDNS request to be sent on the local network searching for a hostname consisting of that string; resulting in an information leak. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1663571 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2020-12-09 01:15

Updated : 2020-12-10 04:30

NVD link : CVE-2020-26966

Mitre link : CVE-2020-26966

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other