CVE-2023-37203 (GCVE-0-2023-37203)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-05 09:01 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Insufficient validation in the Drag and Drop API in conjunction with social engineering, may have allowed an attacker to trick end-users into creating a shortcut to local system files. This could have been leveraged to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-15 17:15 UTC
CWE
- Drag and Drop API may provide access to local system files
- CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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