CVE-2020-15664 describes a vulnerability in Firefox, Thunderbird, and Firefox ESR versions prior to 80, 78.2, and 68.12 respectively. A malicious webpage could exploit this by gaining access to the InstallTrigger object via an about:blank window's eval() function, allowing them to prompt users to install extensions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to the installation of unintended or malicious extensions, impacting integrity (I:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 80.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* | ||
< 80.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:android:*:*:* | ||
>= 78.0, < 78.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 68.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 68.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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