ID:7818 - Exploit for Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Firefox ESR and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11708

 
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ID:7818 - Exploit for Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Firefox ESR and Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11708

Published: May 13, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18860
Vulnerability risk: High
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11708
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Firefox ESR
Mozilla Firefox

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass sandbox restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the Prompt:Open IPC message between child and parent processes. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page that can make the non-sandboxed parent process open web content chosen by a compromised child process.

An attacker can combine this behavior along with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges on the current user. 

Note, this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild along with SB2019061805 (CVE-2019-11707)


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.