#VU22171 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2019-17001
Published: October 23, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22171
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-17001
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the Content-Security-Policy that blocks in-line scripts could be bypassed using an object tag to execute JavaScript in the protected document. A remote attacker can use such behavior in conjunction with XSS vulnerability on the website to bypass CSP protection using object tag when script-src 'none' is specified.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.