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CVE-2019-11708

Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
May 03, 2019
Published Date
July 23, 2019
Last Updated
February 07, 2025
Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Firefox ESR, Firefox, Thunderbird
Description
Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.7.2, Firefox < 67.0.4, and Thunderbird < 60.7.2.

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

10.0 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (added 2022-05-23 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2019-09-29 07:08:52 UTC) Source

References

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-19/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/ https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1559858 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-12 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155592/Mozilla-Firefox-Windows-64-Bit-Chain-Exploit.html

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-05-23 00:00:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

0vercl0k/CVE-2019-11708

Type: github • Created: 2019-09-29 07:08:52 UTC • Stars: 624

Full exploit chain (CVE-2019-11708 & CVE-2019-9810) against Firefox on Windows 64-bit.