When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. *Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html | Broken Link |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html | Broken Link |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1642400 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/ | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2020-07-09T14:39:37
Updated: 2020-07-20T14:06:27
Reserved: 2020-04-28T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-12423
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-07-09T15:15:12.193
Modified: 2023-01-30T17:21:32.267
Link: CVE-2020-12423
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE