CVE-2019-11708

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

CVSS v3.0 10.0 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

10.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858	Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

Information

Published : 2019-07-23 07:15

Updated : 2019-08-15 11:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-11708

Mitre link : CVE-2019-11708

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr
thunderbird

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