Mozilla Firefox < 67.0.2 Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700734

Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 67.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2019-16 advisory.

- A hyperlink using protocols associated with Internet Explorer, such as IE.HTTP:, can be used to open local files at a known location with Internet Explorer if a user approves execution when prompted.

Note: this issue only occurs on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2019-11702)

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 67.0.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 700734

Family: Web Clients

Published: 6/19/2019

Updated: 6/19/2019

Nessus ID: 125877

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11702

BID: 108723

Detections

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