CVE-2020-15679
An OAuth session fixation vulnerability existed in the VPN login flow, where an attacker could craft a custom login URL, convince a VPN user to login via that URL, and obtain authenticated access as that user.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An OAuth session fixation vulnerability existed in the VPN login flow, where an attacker could craft a custom login URL, convince a VPN user to login via that URL, and obtain authenticated access as that user. This issue is limited to cases where attacker and victim are sharing the same source IP and could allow the ability to view session states and disconnect VPN sessions. This vulnerability affects Mozilla VPN iOS 1.0.7 < (929), Mozilla VPN Windows < 1.2.2, and Mozilla VPN Android 1.1.0 < (1360).
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-384
- Affected
- mozilla/vpn
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
References
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/guardian-vpn-android/commit/981c840276ef3aee98cf5d42993d484ee99b28d9Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/guardian-vpn-ios/commit/4309f5c9bd2c15cdfd39ac173665fad3f2598b54Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mozilla-services/guardian-vpn-windows/commit/ac6f562973a83f6758cd7ab7aa313e863047d41bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-48/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/guardian-vpn-android/commit/981c840276ef3aee98cf5d42993d484ee99b28d9Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/guardian-vpn-ios/commit/4309f5c9bd2c15cdfd39ac173665fad3f2598b54Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mozilla-services/guardian-vpn-windows/commit/ac6f562973a83f6758cd7ab7aa313e863047d41bPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-48/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.