Mozilla: Same-origin policy treats all files in a directory as having the same-origin

A vulnerability exists where if a user opens a locally saved HTML file, this file can use file: URIs to access other files in the same directory or sub-directories if the names are known or guessed. The Fetch API can then be used to read the contents of any files stored in these directories and...

Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 60.8 — Mozilla

As part of his winning Pwn2Own entry, Niklas Baumstark demonstrated a sandbox escape by installing a malicious language pack and then opening a browser feature that used the compromised translation. When an inner window is reused, it does not consider the use of document.domain for cross-origin...

Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 68 — Mozilla

As part of his winning Pwn2Own entry, Niklas Baumstark demonstrated a sandbox escape by installing a malicious language pack and then opening a browser feature that used the compromised translation. When an inner window is reused, it does not consider the use of document.domain for cross-origin...

17-Year-Old Weakness in Firefox Let HTML File Steal Other Files From Device

Except for phishing and scams, downloading an HTML attachment and opening it locally on your browser was never considered as a severe threat until a security researcher today demonstrated a technique that could allow attackers to steal files stored on a victim's computer. Barak Tawily, an...

CVE-2019-5838

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5838

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension...

CVE-2019-5838

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension...

chromium-browser: Overly permissive tab access in Extensions

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension...

CVE-2019-5838

Insufficient policy enforcement in extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension...

DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9187

ikiwiki before 3.20170111.1 and 3.2018x and 3.2019x before 3.20190228 allows SSRF via the aggregate plugin. The impact also includes reading local files via file: URIs...

PT-2019-4836

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Chrome versions prior to 75.0.3770.80 Description The issue is related to insufficient policy enforcement in the extensions API, allowing an attacker to bypass restrictions on file URIs via a crafted Chrome Extension. This could be...

CVE-2019-12449

The CVE-2019-12449 entry affects GNOME gvfs (1.29.4–1.41.2) in the gvfs backend admin code. The issue is that during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) from admin:// to file:// URIs, the gvfsbackendadmin.c path mishandles a file’s user and group ownership because root privileges are un...

Typora 0.9.9.24.6 - Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Code execution via path traversal Exploit Author: Dhiraj Mishra Vendor Homepage: http://typora.io Software Link: https://typora.io/download/Typora.dmg Version: 0.9.9.24.6 Tested on: macOS Mojave v10.14.4 CVE: CVE-2019-12137 References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1213...

CVE-2019-12173

MacDown 0.7.1 870 allows remote code execution via a file:\\ URI, with a .app pathname, in the HREF attribute of an A element. This is different from CVE-2019-12138...

CVE-2019-12173

MacDown 0.7.1 is affected by CVE-2019-12173. The Red Hat advisory and OSV records describe a remote code execution path triggered by a file:\ URI with a ".app" pathname in the HREF of an A element, enabling arbitrary code execution if a crafted note is opened. Affected component is the MacDown vi...

PT-2019-12679

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MacDown version 0.7.1 Description The issue allows remote code execution via a file: URI with a .app pathname in the HREF attribute of an A element. Recommendations For MacDown version 0.7.1, update to a newer version that contains a fix for...

CVE-2019-12173: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

MacDown 0.7.1 870 allows remote code execution via a file:\\ URI, with a .app pathname, in the HREF attribute of an A element. This is different from CVE-2019-12138...

Updated python packages fix security vulnerability

Updated python packages fix security vulnerability: A 'file:' blacklist bypass in URIs by using the 'local-file:' scheme instead CVE-2019-9948...

Design/Logic Flaw

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the localfile: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen'localfile:///etc/passwd' call...

CVE-2018-18497

Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to open privileged about: or file: locations. This...