Bug 2170385 (CVE-2023-25740)

Summary: CVE-2023-25740 Mozilla: Opening local .scf files could cause unexpected network loads
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: erack, jhorak, stransky, tpopela
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The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory: After downloading a Windows `.scf` script from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system. This also had the potential to leak NTLM credentials to the resource. This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-02-16 09:10:04 UTC
After downloading a Windows `.scf` script from the local filesystem, an attacker could supply a remote path that would lead to unexpected network requests from the operating system. This also had the potential to leak NTLM credentials to the resource.

*This bug only affects Firefox for Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*

External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/#CVE-2023-25740