CVE-2019-11751

HIGH

Firefox < 69.0 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.0 - Argument Injection via Logging Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1572838
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 66.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-88
Status published
Products (2)
mozilla/firefox < 69.0
mozilla/firefox_esr < 68.1.0
Published Sep 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026