CVE-2020-35112
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
2.5
Description
If 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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-35112
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35112.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 84.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.