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CVE-2017-7821

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Description

A vulnerability where WebExtensions can download and attempt to open a file of some non-executable file types. This can be triggered without specific user interaction for the file download and open actions. This could be used to trigger known vulnerabilities in the programs that handle those document types. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/11/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

mozilla:firefox

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1346515(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101057(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039465(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1346515(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-21/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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