Low severity · published Jun 11, 2018
CVE-2016-9062
Private browsing mode leaves metadata information, such as URLs, for sites visited in "browser.db" and "browser.db-wal" files within the Firefox profile after the mode is exited
3.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Private browsing mode leaves metadata information, such as URLs, for sites visited in "browser.db" and "browser.db-wal" files within the Firefox profile after the mode is exited. Note: This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other versions and operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 50.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9062
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9062
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
Exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294438
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
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