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CVE-2024-5924

HIGH
8.8CVSS
Published: 2024-06-13
Updated: 2024-11-23
AI Analysis

Description

Dropbox Desktop Folder Sharing Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass the Mark-of-the-Web protection mechanism on affected installations of Dropbox Desktop. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of shared folders. When syncing files from a shared folder belonging to an untrusted account, the Dropbox desktop application does not apply the Mark-of-the-Web to the local files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-23991.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
required
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-693NVD-CWE-noinfo

Metadata

Primary Vendor
DROPBOX
Published
6/13/2024
Last Modified
11/23/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

dropbox : dropbox_desktop

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