CVE-2020-15650

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings (but not access the previous profile). *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:N/I:H/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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