CVE-2022-46875 — Improper Authentication in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-287 — Improper AuthenticationCWE-357 — Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations8 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedDec 22

Description

The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .atloc and .ftploc files, which can run commands on a user's computer. *Note: This issue only affected Mac OS operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 108
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 108.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 102.6
▶NVDmozilla/firefox_esr< 102.6
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 102.6

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2022-46875: The executable file warning was not presented when downloading↗2022-12-22
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GHSA
GHSA-w54j-3mgp-xm9q: The executable file warning was not presented when downloading↗2022-12-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
Mozilla: Download Protections were bypassed by .atloc and .ftploc files on Mac OS↗2022-12-13
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Debian
CVE-2022-46875: firefox - The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .atloc and .ftplo...↗2022
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-52: CVE-2022-46875↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-53: CVE-2022-46875↗
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Mozilla
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2022-51: CVE-2022-46875↗
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