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MFSA2021-03 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 85 (CVE-2021-23956)

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MFSA2021-03 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 85 (CVE-2021-23956)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/26/2021
Created
01/28/2021
Added
01/27/2021
Modified
03/05/2021

Description

An ambiguous file picker design could have confused users who intended to select and upload a single file into uploading a whole directory. This was addressed by adding a new prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 85.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-85_0

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