CVE-2019-11753
HIGHFirefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 60.9 and >=68.0 < 68.1 - Privilege Escalation via Unprotected Installer Location
Title source: llmDescription
The Firefox installer allows Firefox to be installed to a custom user writable location, leaving it unprotected from manipulation by unprivileged users or malware. If the Mozilla Maintenance Service is manipulated to update this unprotected location and the updated maintenance service in the unprotected location has been altered, the altered maintenance service can run with elevated privileges during the update process due to a lack of integrity checks. This allows for privilege escalation if the executable has been replaced locally. <br>*Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69, Firefox ESR < 60.9, and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1574980
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0023
EPSS Percentile
13.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-354
Status
published
Products (2)
mozilla/firefox
< 60.9.0
mozilla/firefox_esr
68.0 - 68.1.0
Published
Sep 27, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026