Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-28163
CVE-2023-28163
Description
When downloading files through the Save As dialog on Windows with suggested filenames containing environment variable names, Windows would have resolved those in the context of the current user. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other versions of Firefox are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 111, Firefox ESR < 102.9, and Thunderbird < 102.9.
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Affected products
38unspecified+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <111
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <111.0
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <102.9
unspecified+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <102.9
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <102.9
- osv-coords30 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209
< 102.9.0-1.1+ 29 more
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 111.0.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150000.150.79.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.1-150200.8.110.2
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-150200.152.81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 102.9.0-112.153.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-09/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-10/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-11/nvdVendor Advisory
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