7.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-12393
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird Command Injection Vulnerability
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. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

INFO

Published Date :

May 26, 2020, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 21, 2021, 11:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-12393 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-12393.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615471 Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/ Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-12393 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-74 CWE-78
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615471 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615471 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-74
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 76.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 68.8.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 68.8.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-12393 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.17723

percentile

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