CVE-2023-25734
Public on 2023-02-17
Modified on 2024-02-07
Description
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
After downloading a Windows `.url` shortcut from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system. This also had the potential to leak NTLM credentials to the resource.
*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*
After downloading a Windows `.url` shortcut from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system. This also had the potential to leak NTLM credentials to the resource.
*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra | firefox | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2FIREFOX-2023-007 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | thunderbird | 2023-03-02 | ALAS2-2023-1983 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |