Description
Mozilla Firefox before 31.1 on Android does not properly restrict copying of local files onto the SD card during processing of file: URLs, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from the Firefox profile directory via a crafted application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1515.
Published: 2014-09-03
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1642 Mozilla Firefox before 31.1 on Android does not properly restrict copying of local files onto the SD card during processing of file: URLs, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from the Firefox profile directory via a crafted application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1515.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:42:36.374Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-1566

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-03T10:55:06.713

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

Link: CVE-2014-1566

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