Vulnerability CVE-2023-25734
Published: 2023-06-02

Description:
After downloading a Windows <code>.url</code> shortcut 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.<br>*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 110, Thunderbird < 102.8, and Firefox ESR < 102.8.

 References:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1810143
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1812338
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-05/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1809923
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-07/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-06/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1784451
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