CVE-2025-5020 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-5020
Vulnerability Scoring

4.3
/10
Medium Risk

The vulnerability CVE-2025-5020 could compromise system integrity but typically requires user interaction to be exploited.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: Required
    User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2025-5020 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Published on: 21 May 2025, 18:15 UTC

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE-2025-5020 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-5020: Opening maliciously-crafted URLs in Firefox from other apps such as Safari could have allowed attackers to spoof website addresses if the URLs utilized non-HTTP schemes used internally by the Firefox iOS client This vulnerability affects Firefox for iOS < 139.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-5020

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-5020 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-5020

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2025-5020 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-5020, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-5020, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-5020 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: Low
    Exploiting CVE-2025-5020 may cause minor changes to data without severely impacting its accuracy.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-5020 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2025-5020 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-939

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