CVE-2020-12412 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 70. An attacker could manipulate the browser's history API to display a misleading address bar, showing an incorrect domain while controlling the page content, potentially enabling phishing attacks. The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with a low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 70.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 70CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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