CVE-2022-32969
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fi
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Entropy / wallet impact
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature
Description
MetaMask before 10.11.3 might allow an attacker to access a user's secret recovery phrase because an input field is used for a BIP39 mnemonic, and Firefox and Chromium save such fields to disk in order to support the Restore Session feature, aka the Demonic issue.
CWE
Primary sources
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32969 (nvd)
- https://github.com/MetaMask/metamask-extension/compare/v10.11.2...v10.11.3 (nvd)
- https://halborn.com/disclosures/demonic-vulnerability/ (nvd)
- https://halborn.com/halborn-discovers-critical-vulnerability-affecting-crypto-wallet-browser-extensions/ (nvd)
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32969 (mitre)