CVE-2019-11751
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-09-27 17:14
Modified
2024-08-04 23:03
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Logging-related command line parameters are not properly sanitized when Firefox is launched by another program, such as when a user clicks on malicious links in a chat application. This can be used to write a log file to an arbitrary location such as the Windows 'Startup' folder. <br>*Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
References
Impacted products
| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR |
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