Exposed dangerous method or function in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11702
Published: June 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18749
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-2019-11702
CWE-ID: CWE-749
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 execute dangerous files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the way Firefox handles hyperlinks to files associated with Internet Explorer, e.g.
IE.HTTP:. A remote attacker can create a hyperlink that leads to a file at a known location and open it with Internet Explorer.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11702
Install updates from vendor's website.