CVE-2019-11697

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
If the ALT and "a" keys are pressed when users receive an extension installation prompt, the extension will be installed without the install prompt delay that keeps the prompt visible in order for users to accept or decline the installation. A malicious web page could use this with spoofing on the page to trick users into installing a malicious extension. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 67.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2019-11697
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-07-23T14:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-07-29T13:51:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 67.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-13/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440079 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11697
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11697
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:40:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 23:38:08 2019-07-23T14:15Z 2019-07-23T14:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 23:38:08 2019-07-29T13:51:54 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 23:38:08 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated