Mozilla Firefox Vulnerability: Tricked into Saving Files with Disallowed Extensions
CVE-2024-5692
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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.
Affected Version(s)
Firefox < 127
Firefox ESR < 115.12
Thunderbird < 115.12
Timeline
Vulnerability published.
Vulnerability Reserved.
Collectors
NVD DatabaseMitre Database
Credit
Raphael Shaniyazov