CVE catalog

CVE-2019-11736

firefox-esr: CVE-2019-11736

Severity: High · CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Sep 27, 2019, 6:15:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.21% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	firefox-esr	sid	`153.5.1esr-1`	not affected
Debian	firefox-esr	forky	`153.5.1esr-1`	not affected
Debian	firefox-esr	trixie	`140.15.0esr-1~deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	firefox-esr	trixie-security	`153.5.1esr-1~deb13u1`	not affected
Debian	firefox-esr	bookworm	`140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1`	not affected
Debian	firefox-esr	bookworm-security	`153.5.1esr-1~deb12u1`	not affected
Ubuntu	mozjs52	18.04	`52.3.1-0ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs52	18.04	`52.3.1-7fakesync1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs52	18.04	`52.8.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs52	18.04	`52.9.1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs38	18.04	`38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs38	18.04	`38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu3`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs38	18.04	`38.8.0~repack1-0ubuntu4`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs52	20.04	`52.9.1-1build1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mozjs52	20.04	`52.9.1-1ubuntu3`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	firefox-esr	source	sid	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	firefox-esr	source	forky	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	firefox-esr	source	trixie	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	firefox-esr	source	bookworm	`Not affected`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[firefox-esr]Unknown
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-ach]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-af]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-all]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-an]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-ar]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-ast]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-az]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-be]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-bg]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-bn]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-br]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-bs]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-ca]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-cak]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-ca-valencia]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-cs]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-cy]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-da]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
[firefox-esr-l10n-de]Unknown
Source package: [firefox-esr]
Details (4)
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm
- 140.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 · all · bookworm-security
  Not affected
  dsa · firefox-esr · debian · bookworm

Next results

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:39:05 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]