CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-15502

** DISPUTED ** The DuckDuckGo application through 5.58.0 for Android, and through 7.47.1.0 for iOS, sends hostnames of visited web sites within HTTPS .ico requests to servers in the duckduckgo.com domain, which might make visit data available temporarily at a Potentially Unwanted Endpoint. NOTE: the vendor has stated "the favicon service adheres to our strict privacy policy."

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/duckduckgo/iOS/blob/1ae03d7221180bd6791cf6f7f06922a96335cf75/Core/AppUrls.swift#L98-L100 Third Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708166 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/527 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/blob/e2f2d54a6b4452277467db403a3546512401b493/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriExtension.kt#L83-L88 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23711597 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:duckduckgo:duckduckgo:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:duckduckgo:duckduckgo:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-07-02 11:15

Updated : 2020-07-14 04:34

NVD link : CVE-2020-15502

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15502

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-200