508741 - Incorrect MIME type when uploading xls file (as seen by PHP)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 306471

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[raja]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120121 Firefox/3.0.5 GTB5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120121 Firefox/3.0.5 GTB5

I upload an xls file in my script. The PHP Script receives the MIME type of uploaded file  as php/doc/xml/html/htm/asp/jpg/jpg/sql/txt/jpeg/gif/bmp/png/xls/csv/x-ms-asf.


But i upload same file in other browsers. The PHP Script receives the MIME type of uploaded file as application/vnd.ms-excel.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
php/doc/xml/html/htm/asp/jpg/jpg/sql/txt/jpeg/gif/bmp/png/xls/csv/x-ms-asf

Expected Results:  
application/vnd.ms-excel

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

I don't see any related to security here. Opening so more eyes can peek at it.

Comment 2

[Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek]

This is likely a problem with your setup. Firefox normally sends just wrong types, not bogus types.

Otherwise it would be duplicate of something like bug 547234 bug 508647  bug 512982 bug 491982 bug 373621