CVE-2019-11730

Mozilla: Same-origin policy treats all files in a directory as having the same-origin

Published Jul 23, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 20.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
A vulnerability exists where if a user opens a locally saved HTML file, this file can use file: URIs to access other files in the same directory or sub-directories if the names are known or guessed. The Fetch API can then be used to read the contents of any files stored in these directories and they may uploaded to a server. It was demonstrated that in combination with a popular Android messaging app, if a malicious HTML attachment is sent to a user and they opened that attachment in Firefox, due to that app's predictable pattern for locally-saved file names, it is possible to read attachments the victim received from other correspondents. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 60.8, Firefox < 68, and Thunderbird < 60.8.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1869-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1870-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4479-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4482-1 thunderbird security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4054-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4064-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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