On Android systems, Firefox can load a library from APITRACE_LIB, which is writable by all users and applications. This could allow malicious third party applications to execute a man-in-the-middle attack if a malicious code was written to that location and loaded. *Note: This issue only affects Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1527534 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/ Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2019-04-26T16:13:22

Updated: 2019-04-26T16:13:22

Reserved: 2019-03-14T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2019-9798

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-04-26T17:29:02.803

Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140


Link: CVE-2019-9798

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