Spoofing Address Bar Contents in Firefox for Android via Android Intents

CVE-2017-5463 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Android intents can be used to launch Firefox for Android in reader mode with a user specified URL. This allows an attacker to spoof the contents of the addressbar as displayed to users. Note: This attack only affects Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 53.

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