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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2020-15650 json

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings (bu…

published 2020-08-10 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-7637

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings (but not access the previous profile). *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.11.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 68.11
  • mozjs68 Alpine 3.12 68.11.0-r0
  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.11 68.11.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-15650

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-15650 updated cvss 6.1

Mozilla: Overwriting local files through malicious file picker application

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 firefox
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR

References

Sources

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