medium4.3
CVE-2020-6797
By downloading a file with the .fileloc extension, a semi-privileged extension could launch an arbitrary application on the user's computer.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 73.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | before 68.5.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 68.5.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1596668
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1596668
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/