UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11751 (CVE-2019-11751)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2019-09-27 18:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website
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Details

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.
Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11751",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:59Z",
  "published": "2019-09-27T18:15:00Z",
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