A service worker can send the activate event on itself periodically which allows it to run perpetually, allowing it to monitor activity by users. Affects all versions prior to Firefox 60.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2019-04-26T13:55:13

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:46.996Z

Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-5179

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-04-26T14:29:00.237

Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223

Link: CVE-2018-5179

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5179 - Bugzilla