Bug 2092022 (CVE-2022-31739) - CVE-2022-31739 Mozilla: Attacker-influenced path traversal when saving downloaded files
Summary: CVE-2022-31739 Mozilla: Attacker-influenced path traversal when saving downlo...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2022-31739
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2089646
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Reported: 2022-05-31 14:44 UTC by Mauro Matteo Cascella
Modified: 2022-06-01 13:55 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: firefox 91.10
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A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue of when downloading files on Windows, the % character was not escaped, which could have led to a download incorrectly saved to attacker-influenced paths that used variables such as %HOMEPATH% or %APPDATA%.
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Last Closed: 2022-05-31 14:47:41 UTC
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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2022-05-31 14:44:44 UTC 
When downloading files on Windows, the % character was not escaped, which could have lead to a download incorrectly being saved to attacker-influenced paths that used variables such as %HOMEPATH% or %APPDATA%.

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


External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2022-21/#CVE-2022-31739
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