Bug 2170385 (CVE-2023-25740) - CVE-2023-25740 Mozilla: Opening local .scf files could cause unexpected network loads
Summary: CVE-2023-25740 Mozilla: Opening local .scf files could cause unexpected netwo...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-25740
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 2156039
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Reported: 2023-02-16 09:10 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2023-02-16 17:52 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: firefox 110
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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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Last Closed: 2023-02-16 09:30:28 UTC
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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
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