CVE-2013-0798

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-0798
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-03 11:56:21 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 20.0 on Android uses world-writable and world-readable permissions for the app_tmp installation directory in the local filesystem, which allows attackers to modify add-ons before installation via an application that leverages the time window during which app_tmp is used.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MFSA 2013-33: World read and write access to app_tmp directory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
844832 – (CVE-2013-0798) Installation directory rights allows all af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:0645-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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