CVE-2019-11751 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Firefox on Windows, specifically versions prior to 69 and Firefox ESR prior to 68.1. It stems from improper sanitization of logging-related command line parameters, allowing an attacker to write log files to arbitrary locations, including the Windows 'Startup' folder, when Firefox is launched by another program. This could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a CVSS score of 8.8. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 69.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 68.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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