VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-15657
Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1644954Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1644954Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.