Mozilla: Extensions could have opened external schemes without user knowledge

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: Permission prompts for opening external schemes were only shown for ContentPrincipals resulting in extensions being able to open them without user interaction via ExpandedPrincipals. This could lead to further malicious actions such...

Four EU telco giants will start asking users if they want personalized targeted ads

They say you can't have too much of a good thing. Unfortunately, this applies to ads, too, whether you think they're a good thing or not. Soon, Europes four biggest telecommunication companies--Germany's Deutsche Telekom DK, France's Orange, Spain's Telefonica, and the UK's Vodafone Group--will...

SUSE CVE-2016-9075

An issue where WebExtensions can use the mozAddonManager API to elevate privilege due to privileged pages being allowed in the permissions list. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user permission. This vulnerability affects Firefox 50...

SUSE CVE-2017-5389

WebExtensions could use the "mozAddonManager" API by modifying the CSP headers on sites with the appropriate permissions and then using host requests to redirect script loads to a malicious site. This allows a malicious extension to then install additional extensions without explicit user...

CVE-2022-20214

In Car Settings app, the toggle button in Modify system settings is vulnerable to tapjacking attack. Attackers can overlay the toggle button to enable apps to modify system settings without user consent.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12Android ID: A-183411210...

CVE-2022-20214

In Car Settings app, the toggle button in Modify system settings is vulnerable to tapjacking attack. Attackers can overlay the toggle button to enable apps to modify system settings without user consent.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12Android ID: A-183411210...

France Fines Microsoft €60 Million for Using Advertising Cookies Without User Consent

France's privacy watchdog has imposed a €60 million $63.88 million fine against Microsoft's Ireland subsidiary for dropping advertising cookies in users' computers without their explicit consent in violation of data protection laws in the European Union. The Commission nationale de l'informatique...

CVE-2022-24190

The /device/acceptBind end-point for Ourphoto App version 1.4.1 does not require authentication or authorization. The usertoken header is not implemented or present on this end-point. An attacker can send a request to bind their account to any users picture frame, then send a POST request to acce...

CVE-2022-20450

In restorePermissionState of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way to bypass user consent due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Produc...

Design/Logic Flaw

In restorePermissionState of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way to bypass user consent due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Produc...

CVE-2022-20450

In restorePermissionState of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way to bypass user consent due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Produc...

CVE-2022-20450

In restorePermissionState of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way to bypass user consent due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Produc...

PT-2022-14672 · Google · Android

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions Android-10 through Android-13 Description: A missing permission check in the restorePermissionState function of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java allows for a possible bypass of user consent. This could lead to local escalati...

ASB-A-210065877

In restorePermissionState of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way to bypass user consent due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation...

CVE-2022-20392

In declareDuplicatePermission of ParsedPermissionUtils.java, there is a possible way to obtain a dangerous permission without user consent due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege during app installation or upgrade with no additional execution privileges...

CVE-2022-20392

In declareDuplicatePermission of ParsedPermissionUtils.java, there is a possible way to obtain a dangerous permission without user consent due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege during app installation or upgrade with no additional execution privileges...

PT-2022-14618 · Google · Android

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Android versions Android-10 through Android-12L Description: The issue is related to improper input validation in the declareDuplicatePermission function of ParsedPermissionUtils.java. This could allow an attacker to obtain a dangerous...

CVE-2022-20331

In the Framework, there is a possible way to enable a work profile without user consent due to a tapjacking/overlay attack. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions:...

CVE-2022-20271

In PermissionController, there is a possible way to grant some permissions without user consent due to misleading or insufficient UI. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product:...

Design/Logic Flaw

In PermissionController, there is a possible way to grant some permissions without user consent due to misleading or insufficient UI. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product:...