CVE-2019-11708: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Mozilla: FirefoxMozilla: Firefox ESRMozilla: Thunderbird
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 (opens in new tab)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/ (opens in new tab)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/ (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)