CVE-2023-25734
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
After downloading a Windows <code>.url</code> 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.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.1
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2023-06-02 17:15:11.237000
Last modified
2026-10-24 13:10:00.147000
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