CVE-2019-9794
CRITICALFirefox < 66 and Thunderbird < 60.6 - Argument Injection via URL Handler Command Line Arguments
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability was discovered where specific command line arguments are not properly discarded during Firefox invocation as a shell handler for URLs. This could be used to retrieve and execute files whose location is supplied through these command line arguments if Firefox is configured as the default URI handler for a given URI scheme in third party applications and these applications insufficiently sanitize URL data. *Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1530103
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0058
EPSS Percentile
69.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-88
Status
published
Products (2)
mozilla/firefox
< 60.6.0
mozilla/thunderbird
< 60.6.0
Published
Apr 26, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026