Description
Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.7 on Linux and Mac OS X set weak permissions for Firefox Recovery Key.html, which might allow local users to read a Firefox Sync key via standard filesystem operations.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-09.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14670
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/78741
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72869
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=716868
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:013
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00011.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
20.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (35)
mozilla/firefox
4.0 (13 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox
4.0.1
mozilla/firefox
5.0
mozilla/firefox
5.0.1
mozilla/firefox
6.0
mozilla/firefox
6.0.1
mozilla/firefox
6.0.2
mozilla/firefox
7.0
mozilla/firefox
8.0
mozilla/firefox
8.0.1
... and 25 more
Published
Feb 01, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026