CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2022-46875 — The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .atloc and .ftploc files, which can run commands on a user's computer
Medium
CVSS 6.5
The executable file warning was not presented when downloading .atloc and .ftploc files, which can run commands on a user's computer. <br>*Note: This issue only affected Mac OS operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 108, Firefox ESR < 102.6, and Thunderbird < 102.6.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Published
- 2022-12-22
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- browser
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Affected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox_esr
- mozilla / thunderbird
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
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