CVE-2020-35112

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-35112
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-07 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-12 19:01:00 UTC
DescriptionIf 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.6 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 84 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.6 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Permissions Required
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500938 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 500958 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 502377 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
  • 503843 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 750467 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2020:2325-1)
  • 750468 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2020:2324-1)
  • 750469 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2020:2317-1)
  • 750470 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2020:2318-1)
  • 750471 OpenSUSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2020:2317-1)
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