CVE-2020-6828
Mozilla: Preference overwrite via crafted Intent from malicious Android application
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · April 8, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
A malicious Android application could craft an Intent that would have been processed by Firefox for Android and potentially result in a file overwrite in the user's profile directory. One exploitation vector for this would be to supply a user.js file providing arbitrary malicious preference values. Control of arbitrary preferences can lead to sufficient compromise such that it is generally equivalent to arbitrary code execution.
Statement
This issue only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path