CVE-2013-0798

Mozilla Firefox before 20.0 on Android uses world-writable and world-readable permissions for the app_tmp installation directory in the local filesystem, which allows attackers to modify add-ons before installation via an application that leverages the time window during which app_tmp is used.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=844832
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-33.html	Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00013.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2013-04-03 04:56

Updated : 2013-06-04 20:41

NVD link : CVE-2013-0798

Mitre link : CVE-2013-0798

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

google

android

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