Logging-related command line parameters are not properly sanitized when Firefox is launched by another program, such as when a user clicks on malicious links in a chat application. This can be used to write a log file to an arbitrary location such as the Windows 'Startup' folder. <br>*Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr | Nov 8, 2019 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-waterfoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-firefox-esrfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-libxulfreebsd-upgrade-package-thunderbirdfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-thunderbird | Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 | |
| Mfsa2019 25 | mozilla-firefox-upgrade-69_0 | Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 | |
| Mfsa2019 26 | mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-68_1 | Sep 4, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-78-3-0-11-4-27-0-1-82-0oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-plugin-thunderbird-lightning-68-12-0-11-4-27-0-1-82-0oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-78-3-0-11-4-27-0-1-82-0oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-web-data-firefox-bookmarks-78-3-0-11-4-27-0-1-82-0 | Jan 19, 2021 | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| Redhat_linux | — | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 27, 2019 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-firefox-atk-langsuse-upgrade-firefox-gdk-pixbuf-langsuse-upgrade-firefox-gdk-pixbuf-query-loaderssuse-upgrade-firefox-gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailersuse-upgrade-firefox-gio-branding-upstreamsuse-upgrade-firefox-glib2-langsuse-upgrade-firefox-glib2-toolssuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-branding-upstreamsuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-datasuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-immodule-amharicsuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-immodule-inuktitutsuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-immodule-multipresssuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-immodule-thaisuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-immodule-vietnamesesuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-immodule-ximsuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-immodules-tigrignasuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-langsuse-upgrade-firefox-gtk3-toolssuse-upgrade-firefox-libatk-1_0-0suse-upgrade-firefox-libcairo-gobject2suse-upgrade-firefox-libcairo2suse-upgrade-firefox-libffi4suse-upgrade-firefox-libffi7suse-upgrade-firefox-libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0suse-upgrade-firefox-libgtk-3-0suse-upgrade-firefox-libharfbuzz0suse-upgrade-firefox-libpango-1_0-0suse-upgrade-libfirefox-gio-2_0-0suse-upgrade-libfirefox-glib-2_0-0suse-upgrade-libfirefox-gmodule-2_0-0suse-upgrade-libfirefox-gobject-2_0-0suse-upgrade-libfirefox-gthread-2_0-0suse-upgrade-libfreebl3suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsoftokn3suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-32bitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nsprsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr-32bitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nspr-develsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nsssuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-32bitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certssuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certs-32bitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-develsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-toolssuse-upgrade-mozillafirefoxsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-slesuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-sledsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-branding-upstreamsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-buildsymbolssuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-develsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other | Oct 8, 2019 | Sep 3, 2019 |
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