Security Alert (A19-06-03): Vulnerability in Firefox

Description:

Mozilla has published a security advisory to address the vulnerability found in Firefox. A remote attacker could entice a user running a vulnerable browser to open a web page with specially crafted content to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Affected Systems:

• Firefox prior to version 67.0.2

Impact:

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could lead to security restriction bypass on an affected system. The issue only occurs on Windows operating system.

Recommendation:

Mozilla has released new versions of the product to address the issues and they can be downloaded at the following URLs:

• Firefox 67.0.2
  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
  
  

Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

More Information:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-16/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11702