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Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.7.2

critical Nessus Plugin ID 126217

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 60.7.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2019-20 advisory.

 - Insufficient vetting of parameters passed with the <code>Prompt:Open</code> IPC message between child and parent processes can result in the non-sandboxed parent process opening web content chosen by a compromised child process. When combined with additional vulnerabilities this could result in executing arbitrary code on the user's computer. (CVE-2019-11708)

 - A type confusion vulnerability can occur when manipulating JavaScript objects due to issues in <code>Array.pop</code>. This can allow for an exploitable crash. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. (CVE-2019-11707)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 60.7.2 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-20/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 126217

File Name: macos_thunderbird_60_7_2.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 6/25/2019

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Thunderbird

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11707, CVE-2019-11708

BID: 108810, 108835

MFSA: 2019-20