CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-35112

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.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-56/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661365 Permissions Required
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2021-01-07 02:15

Updated : 2021-01-12 07:01

NVD link : CVE-2020-35112

Mitre link : CVE-2020-35112

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo