CVE-2023-37206

Uploading files which contain symlinks may have allowed an attacker to trick a user into submitting sensitive data to a malicious website. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 115.

Weakness

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
• Denying access to a file can prevent an attacker from replacing that file with a link to a sensitive file. Ensure good compartmentalization in the system to provide protected areas that can be trusted.

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/132.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/17.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/35.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/76.html

References

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1813299
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1813299
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-22/