Access Restriction Bypass Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,102.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-5425804
  • published18 Apr 2023
  • disclosed11 Apr 2023
  • creditShaheen Fazim, Ameen Basha M K

Introduced: 11 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-29542  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 102.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass that allows attackers to cause users to download files with extensions that should be forbidden such as .download.

NOTE: Only Windows systems are vulnerable.

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