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CVE-2020-6799

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.53%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-03-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-6799
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.53%
Windows Firefox

Original NVD Description

Command line arguments could have been injected during Firefox invocation as a shell handler for certain unsupported file types. This required Firefox to be configured as the default handler for a given file type and for a file downloaded to be opened in a third party application that insufficiently sanitized URL data. In that situation, clicking a link in the third party application could have been used to retrieve and execute files whose location was supplied through command line arguments. Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems and when Firefox is configured as the default handler for non-default filetypes. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.