Mozilla Firefox up to 67.x HTTP Alternative Services Header Portscan privilege escalation

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 67.x (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component HTTP Alternative Services Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (Portscan). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/23/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-11728 since 05/03/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/23/2019).

Upgrading to version 68.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at 138504, 138503, 138502 and 138501.

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Firefox

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Class: Privilege escalation / Portscan (CWE-269)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 68.0

05/03/2019 CVE assigned
07/23/2019 +81 days Advisory disclosed
07/23/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/23/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org
CVE: CVE-2019-11728 (🔒)
See also: 🔒Created: 07/23/2019 09:56 PM
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