CVE-2022-3155

Mozilla: Attachment files saved to disk on macOS could be executed without warning

Loading…

Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · September 20, 2022

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue that Thunderbird did not set the attribute com.apple.quarantine on the received file when saving or opening an email attachment on macOS. If the received file was an application and the user attempted to open it, the application was started immediately without asking the user to confirm.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-449 · The UI Performs the Wrong Action