GHSA-fq4p-86v9-5w3x

GHSA-fq4p-86v9-5w3x PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

WebExtensions can bypass user prompts to first save and then open an arbitrarily downloaded file. This can result in an executable file running with local user privileges without explicit user consent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 58.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-fq4p-86v9-5w3x
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-fq4p-86v9-5w3x

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-fq4p-86v9-5w3x/fixes/registry"

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References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-02 url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102786 url
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3544-1 url
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040270 url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5105 advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1390882 url

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