CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7765
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The "Mark of the Web" was not correctly saved on Windows when files with very long names were downloaded from the Internet. Without the Mark of the Web data, the security warning that Windows displays before running executables downloaded from the Internet is not shown. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 52.2.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 54.0)
• mozilla thunderbird (< 52.2.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273265 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1273265 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/ Vendor Advisory