Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-11754
Published: September 18, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21197
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11754
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 attacks.
The vulnerability exists due Firefox allows the requestPointerLock()method to manipulate mouse pointer lock without user notification. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, hijack mouse pointer and confuse the victim.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11754
Install updates from vendor's website.