CVE-2020-6811

MEDIUM

Description

The 'Copy as cURL' feature of Devtools' network tab did not properly escape the HTTP method of a request, which can be controlled by the website. If a user used the 'Copy as Curl' feature and pasted the command into a terminal, it could have resulted in command injection and arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.6, Firefox < 74, Firefox < ESR68.6, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1607742

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-09/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-10/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-03-25

Updated: 2020-04-22

Type: CWE-74

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 8.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: HIGH