Name: CVE-2022-42931: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-42931, CWE-312, CVSS 3.3, EPSS 0.00035

Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.	Nov 1, 2022	Oct 31, 2022
Mfsa2022 44	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 106.0	Oct 20, 2022	Oct 18, 2022
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade firefox	Nov 2, 2022	Nov 1, 2022
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Dec 22, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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