Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-5260
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 mishandles changes from 'INPUT type="password"' to 'INPUT type="text"' within a single Session Manager session, which might allow attackers to discover cleartext passwords by reading a session restoration file.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-74.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5260?
- CVE-2016-5260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-08-05.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5260?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.