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2020-08-10
Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
| Products | Firefox, Firefox_esr, Thunderbird |
| Type | Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CWE-427) |
| First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
| Links |
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1644954 • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html • https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/ • https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/ |