CVE-2019-11753

HIGH

Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 60.9 and >=68.0 < 68.1 - Privilege Escalation via Unprotected Installer Location

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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/

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