CVE-2023-28163 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

When downloading files through the Save As dialog on Windows with suggested filenames containing environment variable names, Windows would have resolved those in the context of the current user. <br>*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1817768
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28163
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28163
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/#CVE-2023-28163
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-11/#CVE-2023-28163
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-11/

History

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-22

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-09T15:18:12.128Z

Reserved: 2023-03-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-28163

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:30:24.127Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-02T17:15:12.207

Modified: 2025-01-09T16:15:34.343

Link: CVE-2023-28163

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-28163 - Bugzilla

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