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CVE-2020-6797

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-03-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

By downloading a file with the .fileloc extension, a semi-privileged extension could launch an arbitrary application on the user's computer. The attacker is restricted as they are unable to download non-quarantined files or supply command line arguments to the application, limiting the impact. Note: this issue only occurs on Mac OSX. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5, Firefox < 73, and Firefox < ESR68.5.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: before 73.0 — fixed in 73.0
• Mozilla Firefox ESR: before 68.5.0 — fixed in 68.5.0
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 68.5.0 — fixed in 68.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 73.0; Mozilla Firefox ESR 68.5.0; Mozilla Thunderbird 68.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1596668
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1596668
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/

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