471247 - Adobe pdf file opened from a cgi script is being named after the cgi script and not recognized as pdf.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Michael Robinson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120121 Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120121 Firefox/3.0.5

When I try to download a bank statement in Adobe PDF format from Wells Fargo's website, the file is called from a .cgi script. When I click the link, Firefox sees the name of the cgi script instead of the filename being requested by the script... e.g. I click "statement_9-10-2008.pdf", and Firefox asks, "You have chosen to open Session.CGI which is a Portable Document Format." When I choose to download it, it saves the file as "Session.CGI" and is not recognized as a PDF until I add the PDF extension. If I instruct Firefox to open the file with Preview instead of downloading it, nothing happens. I saw a similar bug reported with ASPX pages. Both Safari and Internet Explorer handle the link perfectly every time.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click a link intended to download a PDF file using a .cgi script
2. Choose to save file, and file will be named after the .cgi script without the .pdf extension OR...
3. Attempt to open the file with Preview, and file doesn't open... nothing happens
Actual Results:  
File doesn't open or file is downloaded without it's proper extension, even though Firefox seems to recognize the filetype.

Expected Results:  
File should download with the proper extension or open in Preview.

I have only encountered this problem on the Wells Fargo website, but so far it's the only site that I knowingly am trying to download a .pdf file from a link which calls a cgiScript. I can't give a link since it is a secured site with bank login information.

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.

Comment 3

[distressed]

This still happens with the latest version. Happens to me on all banking sites. The same site will work fine on safari. On Mac mountain lion with FF 14.0.1

Comment 4

[Doug®]

Still happens with FF 25.0.1