Description
Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.
Published: 2022-12-22
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-45987 Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5709-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-15T15:23:46.302Z

Reserved: 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42931

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:19:05.485Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-22T20:15:41.083

Modified: 2025-04-15T16:15:20.290

Link: CVE-2022-42931

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No data.

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Weaknesses