CVE-2020-12408 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

When browsing a document hosted on an IP address, an attacker could insert certain characters to flip domain and path information in the address bar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 77.

Published: 2020-07-09

Score: 6.5 Medium

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

Mozilla

Firefox

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 77

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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-2020-4720	When browsing a document hosted on an IP address, an attacker could insert certain characters to flip domain and path information in the address bar. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 77.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4383-1	Firefox vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00166.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1623888
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2020-07-09T14:46:53.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:56:51.742Z

Reserved: 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-12408

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-09T15:15:11.163

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:59:39.523

Link: CVE-2020-12408

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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