CVE-2023-28163

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Jun 2, 2023
Updated
Jan 9, 2025
Reserved
Mar 13, 2023

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Description

When downloading files through the Save As dialog on Windows with suggested filenames containing environment variable names, Windows would have resolved those in the context of the current user. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
FirefoxMozilla
  • before 111Affected
Firefox ESRMozilla
  • before 102.9Affected
ThunderbirdMozilla
  • before 102.9Affected

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