The ‘Copy as cURL’ feature of Devtools’ network tab did not properly escape the HTTP method of a request, which can be controlled by the website. If a user used the ‘Copy as cURL’ feature and pasted the command into a terminal, it could have resulted in command injection and arbitrary command execution. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0. Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12393 Reference (s):
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1615471
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/