CVE-2019-9798

HIGH

Firefox < 66.0 - Untrusted Search Path via APITRACE_LIB

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

On Android systems, Firefox can load a library from APITRACE_LIB, which is writable by all users and applications. This could allow malicious third party applications to execute a man-in-the-middle attack if a malicious code was written to that location and loaded. *Note: This issue only affects Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1527534

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 41.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox < 66.0
Published Apr 26, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026