{"id":"CVE-2024-5924","aliases":["EUVD-2024-47053","GHSA-wm9f-3fjp-v86p"],"status":"published","title":"Dropbox Desktop Folder Sharing Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability","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.\n\nThe 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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.01247,"percentile":0.69561,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-693"],"published":"2024-06-13T19:40:13Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:16:55Z","products":[{"vendor":"dropbox","product":"dropbox"},{"vendor":"dropbox","product":"dropbox desktop"},{"vendor":"dropbox","product":"dropbox_desktop"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-677/","tags":["x_research-advisory","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5924"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-677"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wm9f-3fjp-v86p"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-5924","title":"Dropbox Desktop Folder Sharing Mark-of-the-Web Bypass Vulnerability","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.\n\nThe 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. 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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.","status":"published","published":"2024-06-13T21:30:53Z","modified":"2024-06-13T21:30:59Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-693"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:57:29.798871Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-5924","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. 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