CVE-2020-35112

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
MozillaFirefoxunspecified < 84affected
MozillaThunderbirdunspecified < 78.6affected
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified < 78.6affected

Weaknesses

  • Opening an extension-less download may have inadvertently launched an executable instead

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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