CVE-2020-35112

Name
CVE-2020-35112
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.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-56/
Permissions Required https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661365

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
thunderbird edge-community 78.6.1-r0 None fixed
thunderbird 3.22-community 78.6.1-r0 None fixed
thunderbird 3.21-community 78.6.1-r0 None fixed
thunderbird 3.20-community 78.6.1-r0 None fixed
thunderbird 3.19-community 78.6.1-r0 None fixed
thunderbird 3.18-community 78.6.1-r0 None fixed
thunderbird 3.17-community 78.6.1-r0 None fixed
librewolf edge-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
librewolf 3.22-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
librewolf 3.21-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
firefox-esr edge-community 78.6.0-r0 None fixed
firefox-esr 3.22-community 78.6.0-r0 None fixed
firefox-esr 3.21-community 78.6.0-r0 None fixed
firefox-esr 3.20-community 78.6.0-r0 None fixed
firefox-esr 3.19-community 78.6.0-r0 None fixed
firefox-esr 3.18-community 78.6.0-r0 None fixed
firefox-esr 3.17-community 78.6.0-r0 None fixed
firefox edge-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.22-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.21-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.20-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.19-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.18-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed
firefox 3.17-community 84.0.1-r0 None fixed