CVE-2019-11751

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-88

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 27, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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