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CVE-2019-9801
Firefox will accept any registered Program ID as an external protocol handler and offer to launch this local application when given a matching URL on Windows o…
Impact
Firefox will accept any registered Program ID as an external protocol handler and offer to launch this local application when given a matching URL on Windows operating systems. This should only happen if the program has specifically registered itself as a "URL Handler" in the Windows registry. *Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 66.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | before 60.6 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 60.6 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1527717
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1527717
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-11/