CVE-2014-1515

Firefox for Android Information Leak

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0.1 on Android processes a file: URL by copying a local file onto the SD card, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from the Firefox profile directory via a crafted application.

Mozilla Firefox anterior a 28.0.1 en Android procesa un archivo: URL copiando un archivo local a la tarjeta SD, lo que permite a atacantes obtener información sensible del directorio de perfil de Firefox a través de una aplicación manipulada.

A series of vulnerabilities have been discovered in Firefox for Android that allows a malicious application to successfully derandomize the Firefox profile directory name in a practical amount of time and then leak sensitive data (such as cookies and cached information) which reside in that directory, breaking Android's sandbox.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-01-16 CVE Reserved
2014-03-25 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0153.html	Mailing List
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=945429	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-33.html	2014-04-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"	<= 28.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 28.0"	-	Affected	in	Google Search vendor "Google"	Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"	*	-	Safe