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CVE-2024-5692

Mozilla: Bypass of file name restrictions during saving

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 11, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:

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.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.

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 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation