Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2019-24

Stored passwords in 'Saved Logins' can be copied without master password entry

Announced
August 14, 2019
Impact
moderate
Products
Firefox, Firefox ESR
Fixed in
  • Firefox 68.0.2
  • Firefox ESR 68.0.2

#CVE-2019-11733: Stored passwords in 'Saved Logins' can be copied without master password entry

Reporter
None
Impact
moderate
Description

When a master password is set, it is required to be entered again before stored passwords can be accessed in the 'Saved Logins' dialog. It was found that locally stored passwords can be copied to the clipboard thorough the 'copy password' context menu item without re-entering the master password if the master password had been previously entered in the same session, allowing for potential theft of stored passwords.

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