It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
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DLA-1382-1 | thunderbird security update |
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DSA-4209-1 | thunderbird security update |
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EUVD-2018-16955 | It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8. |
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USN-3660-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T05:26:47.040Z
Reserved: 2018-01-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-5170

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:15.843
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08:15.773
Link: CVE-2018-5170


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