CVE-2019-11700 — Missing Authorization in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 23
Latest updateMay 24
Description
A hyperlink using the res: protocol can be used to open local files at a known location in Internet Explorer if a user approves execution when prompted. *Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-vp46-c82j-3c3m: A hyperlink using the res: protocol can be used to open local files at a known location in Internet Explorer if a user approves execution when prompte↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
CVE-2019-11700: A hyperlink using the res: protocol can be used to open local files at a known location in Internet Explorer if a user approves execution when prompte↗2019-07-23
📋Vendor Advisories
1Debian▶
CVE-2019-11700: firefox - A hyperlink using the res: protocol can be used to open local files at a known l...↗2019