cvelistv5 - CVE-2020-35112

CVE-2020-35112

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-01-07 13:50

Modified

2024-08-04 16:55

Severity ?

Summary

If a user downloaded a file lacking an extension on Windows, and then "Open"-ed it from the downloads panel, if there was an executable file in the downloads directory with the same name but with an executable extension (such as .bat or .exe) that executable would have been launched instead. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84, Thunderbird < 78.6, and Firefox ESR < 78.6.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661365	Permissions Required
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-56/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Thunderbird
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR

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