CVE-2023-37203 (GCVE-0-2023-37203)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-05 09:01
Modified
2025-02-13 16:56
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Drag and Drop API may provide access to local system files
Summary
Insufficient validation in the Drag and Drop API in conjunction with social engineering, may have allowed an attacker to trick end-users into creating a shortcut to local system files. This could have been leveraged to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.
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Mozilla Firefox Version: unspecified   < 115
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