Bug 2178468 (CVE-2023-28163) - CVE-2023-28163 Mozilla: Windows Save As dialog resolved environment variables
Summary: CVE-2023-28163 Mozilla: Windows Save As dialog resolved environment variables
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-28163
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2176586
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-03-15 04:31 UTC by msiddiqu
Modified: 2023-03-17 11:00 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: firefox 102.9, thunderbird 102.9
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Last Closed: 2023-03-15 04:37:12 UTC
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Description msiddiqu 2023-03-15 04:31:01 UTC 
When downloading files through the Save As dialog on Windows with suggested filenames containing environment variable names, Windows would have resolved those in the context of the current user. 

*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*

External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/#CVE-2023-28163
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