Weird behavior with "auto media preview", possible security issue. (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by jivemasta@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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There is a thread currently on here that if you have media preview turned on, automatically downloads a file. Thread is Here.

This could be a huge security issue because if a bad actor put a payload in a file that just auto downloads, some people might just open it not knowing what it is.

Not sure where to post bugs, so I figured this might be the place for now.

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[-] shatteredsteel@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was taking a look at the same issue earlier in another thread.

Both of the issues are from CBS news.

Was yours trying to download a playlist file as well?

Edit to add link to previous issue:

https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/77143/I-keep-getting-this-m3u8-download-whenever-I-open-the

this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023

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