In private browsing mode on Firefox for Android, favicons are cached in the cache/icons folder as they are in non-private mode. This allows information leakage of sites visited during private browsing sessions. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox for Android. Desktop versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 63.
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1448305 | vendor advisory issue tracking permissions required |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-26/ | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105721 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041944 | third party advisory vdb entry |