CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-5924
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-06-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-693
Description
Dropbox Desktop Folder Sharing Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web protection mechanism on affected installations of Dropbox Desktop. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of shared folders. When syncing files from a shared folder belonging to an untrusted account, the Dropbox desktop application does not apply the Mark-of-the-Web to the local files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-23991.
Affected configurations
• dropbox dropbox desktop 198.4.7615
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure weakness
References
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-677/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-677/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry