Mozilla: Privilege escalation with Mozilla Maintenance Service in custom Firefox installation location
Published Sep 27, 2019
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.23%
Description
The Firefox installer allows Firefox to be installed to a custom user writable location, leaving it unprotected from manipulation by unprivileged users or malware. If the Mozilla Maintenance Service is manipulated to update this unprotected location and the updated maintenance service in the unprotected location has been altered, the altered maintenance service can run with elevated privileges during the update process due to a lack of integrity checks. This allows for privilege escalation if the executable has been replaced locally. <br>*Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69, Firefox ESR < 60.9, and Firefox ESR < 68.1.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<69
- Version
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<60.9
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<68.1
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
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| Mozilla | Firefox | n/a |
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| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
firefox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Out of support scope | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This vulnerability only affected Firefox on the Windows operating system. Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not affected.
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11753 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1574980 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1748659 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-3423 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11753
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11753
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/#CVE-2019-11753
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00011.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00017.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11753 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1574980 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1748659 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-3423 | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11753 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11753 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/#CVE-2019-11753 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/ | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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