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CVE-2019-11753 — The Firefox installer allows Firefox to be installed to a custom user writable l

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 se

CVSS
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EPSS
0.06% (top 80.90%)
CWE
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Published
2019-09-27T17:13:06.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T23:03:32.842Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MozillaFirefoxunspecified
MozillaFirefox ESRunspecified, unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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