CVE-2019-9812

9.3 CRITICAL
Published: January 08, 2020 Modified: November 25, 2025

Description

Given a compromised sandboxed content process due to a separate vulnerability, it is possible to escape that sandbox by loading accounts.firefox.com in that process and forcing a log-in to a malicious Firefox Sync account. Preference settings that disable the sandbox are then synchronized to the local machine and the compromised browser would restart without the sandbox if a crash is triggered. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.9, Firefox ESR < 68.1, and Firefox < 69.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538008
Source: security@mozilla.org
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538015
Source: security@mozilla.org
Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538008
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1538015
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-25/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-26/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-27/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
66th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla