Mozilla: Bypass of file name restrictions during saving
Published Jun 11, 2024
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.61%
Description
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.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<127
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<115.12
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<115.12
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Mozilla | Firefox | n/a |
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| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | n/a |
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| Mozilla | Thunderbird | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.
References (11)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5692 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1891234 ExploitIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291398 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-46864 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5692
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5692
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/#CVE-2024-5692
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/#CVE-2024-5692
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-25/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-26/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-28/ Vendor Advisory
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