description: When Python was installed on Windows, a python file being served with the MIME type of text/plain could be executed by Python instead of being opened as a text file when the Open option was selected upon download. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 72.
problem types: Python files could be inadvertently executed upon opening a download
affected:
{
product: Firefox
vendor: Mozilla
versions:
status: affected, version: before 72
}