CVE-2020-6797
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2020-6797 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2020-03-02 05:15:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2021-09-16 13:17:00 UTC |
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| Description | By downloading a file with the .fileloc extension, a semi-privileged extension could launch an arbitrary application on the user's computer. The attacker is restricted as they are unable to download non-quarantined files or supply command line arguments to the application, limiting the impact. Note: this issue only occurs on Mac OSX. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5, Firefox < 73, and Firefox < ESR68.5. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-02) — Gentoo security |
GENTOO |
security.gentoo.org |
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| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 73 — Mozilla |
MISC |
www.mozilla.org |
Vendor Advisory |
| 1596668 - (CVE-2020-6797) Firefox for macOS: extensions with downloads.open permission can execute code on the device using .fileloc files |
MISC |
bugzilla.mozilla.org |
Permissions Required |
| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 68.5 — Mozilla |
MISC |
www.mozilla.org |
Vendor Advisory |
| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR68.5 — Mozilla |
MISC |
www.mozilla.org |
Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 296076 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 19.3.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
- 500926 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
- 502371 Alpine Linux Security Update for thunderbird
