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Hijacking nearby Firefox mobile browsers via WiFi by exploiting a bug

Mozilla has addressed a bug that can be exploited by attackers to hijack all the Firefox for Android browsers that share the same WiFi network. The flaw was discovered the security researcher by Chris Moberly from GitLab. The vulnerability resides in the implementation of the Simple Service Discovery Protocol in Firefox. The SSDP protocol is based on the Internet protocol suite for advertisement and discovery of network services and presence information. An attacker connecting to the WiFi network could launch a script on their laptop that sends out malformed SSDP packets.”]

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/108488/hacking/firefox-bug-hijacking-nearby-mobile-browsers.html

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