CVE-2024-5692

On Windows 10, when using the 'Save As' functionality, an attacker could have tricked the browser into saving the file with a disallowed extension such as `.url` by including an invalid character in the extension. *Note:* This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 127, Firefox ESR < 115.12, and Thunderbird < 115.12.

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 47th percentile

Published

2024-06-11

Updated

2026-02-27

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1891234

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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