CVE-2014-1515 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0.1 on Android processes a file: URL by copying a local file onto the SD card, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from the Firefox profile directory via a crafted application.

Published: 2014-03-25

Score: 1.9 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-1591	Mozilla Firefox before 28.0.1 on Android processes a file: URL by copying a local file onto the SD card, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from the Firefox profile directory via a crafted application.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0153.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=945429
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-33.html

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2014-03-25T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:42:36.126Z

Reserved: 2014-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1515

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-03-25T13:25:38.507

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-1515

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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