Mozilla Firefox up to 67.x SafeBrowsing API privilege escalation

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 67.x (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SafeBrowsing API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/23/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-11725 since 05/03/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing 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.

See 138505, 138504, 138502 and 138501 for similar entries.

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
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

VulDB Base Score: 🔒
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒

Threat Intelligenceinfoedit

Threat: 🔍
Adversaries: 🔍
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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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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-2019-11725 (🔒)
See also: 🔒Created: 07/23/2019 09:54 PM
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