Initially, a user opens a Private Browsing Window and generates a password for a site, then closes the Private Browsing Window but leaves Firefox open. Subsequently, if the user had opened a new Private Browsing Window, revisited the same site, and generated a new password - the generated passwords would have been identical, rather than independent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.
Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
Firefox | Mozilla | * | 75.0 (excluding) |
Firefox | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | devel | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | focal | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | impish | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | noble | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Firefox | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Mozjs38 | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
Mozjs38 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
Mozjs38 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | esm-infra/bionic | * |
Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | focal | * |
Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
Mozjs52 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Mozjs60 | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
Mozjs60 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Mozjs68 | Ubuntu | focal | * |
Mozjs68 | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
Mozjs68 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Such a scenario is commonly observed when: