Spoofing attack in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11700
Published: May 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18564
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11700
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of hyperlinks using res: protocol. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted link to a local file and open it with Internet Explorer.
Note: this vulnerability affects only Windows version of Firefox.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11700
Install updates from vendor's website.