CVE-2020-15682 describes a spoofing vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 82. An attacker could manipulate the external protocol prompt, typically used for opening links in external applications, to appear as if it originated from a trusted source. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to high integrity impact (I:H) by deceiving users into launching unintended applications. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 82.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 82CPE 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:H/A:N
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