CVE-2020-15649

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to steal and upload local files of their choosing, regardless of the actually files picked. *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.11.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-434

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 68.11

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1475835%2C1652364Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-31/Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1475835%2C1652364Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-31/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 10, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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