UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11736

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11736
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11736.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11736
Upstream
Published
2019-09-27T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:38Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The Mozilla Maintenance Service does not guard against files being hardlinked to another file in the updates directory, allowing for the replacement of local files, including the Maintenance Service executable, which is run with privileged access. Additionally, there was a race condition during checks for junctions and symbolic links by the Maintenance Service, allowing for potential local file and directory manipulation to be undetected in some circumstances. This allows for potential privilege escalation by a user with unprivileged local access. <br>Note: These attacks requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 69 and Firefox ESR < 68.1.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mozjs52

Package

Name
mozjs52
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mozjs52@52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

52.*
52.3.1-0ubuntu3
52.3.1-7fakesync1
52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-0",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-dev",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11736.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mozjs38

Package

Name
mozjs38
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mozjs38@38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

38.*
38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu1
38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu3
38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-38-0",
            "binary_version": "38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-38-dev",
            "binary_version": "38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11736.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / mozjs52

Package

Name
mozjs52
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mozjs52@52.9.1-1ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

52.*
52.9.1-1build1
52.9.1-1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-0",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-1ubuntu3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmozjs-52-dev",
            "binary_version": "52.9.1-1ubuntu3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11736.json"