CVE-2019-11751
Firefox Windows Unsanitized Logging Command Injection Vulnerability
Description
Logging-related command line parameters are not properly sanitized when Firefox is launched by another program, such as when a user clicks on malicious links in a chat application. This can be used to write a log file to an arbitrary location such as the Windows 'Startup' folder. <br>*Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 27, 2019, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 4:21 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2019-11751
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 69.0 or later.
- Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 68.1 or later.
- Update the affected packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-11751.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ | Vendor Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ | Vendor Advisory |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-11751 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-11751
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2019-11751 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2019-11751 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838 Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ Added Reference https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-88 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 06, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 05, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 02, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 69.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 68.1.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.60 }} -1.42%
score
0.66826
percentile