CVE-2021-23956

Name
CVE-2021-23956
Description
An ambiguous file picker design could have confused users who intended to select and upload a single file into uploading a whole directory. This was addressed by adding a new prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.
NVD Severity
medium
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
Release Notes https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-03/
Exploit https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1338637

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* firefox >= None < 85.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status