CVE-2024-5692 (GCVE-0-2024-5692)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-11 12:40 – Updated: 2026-02-27 16:40
VLAI
Summary
On Windows 10, when using the 'Save As' functionality, an attacker could have tricked the browser into saving the file with a disallowed extension such as `.url` by including an invalid character in the extension. *Note:* This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Bypass of file name restrictions during saving
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 127 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 115.12 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 115.12 (custom)
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Credits
Raphael Shaniyazov
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