CVE-2022-3155
Description
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes the issue that Thunderbird did not set the attribute com.apple.quarantine on the received file when saving or opening an email attachment on macOS. If the received file was an application and the user attempted to open it, the application was started immediately without asking the user to confirm.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.3 | 7.8 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | Required | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | Low | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | Low | High | N/A |
| Availability Impact | Low | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Other
Technical Impact: Quality Degradation; Varies by Context
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Koh M. Nakagawa as the original reporter.
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