CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Firefox. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2010-0172
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
1.41%
Firefox
Original NVD Description
toolkit/components/passwordmgr/src/nsLoginManagerPrompter.js in the asynchronous Authorization Prompt implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not properly handle concurrent authorization requests from multiple web sites, which might allow remote web servers to spoof an authorization dialog and capture credentials by demanding HTTP authentication in opportunistic circumstances.