Description
Firefox will accept any registered Program ID as an external protocol handler and offer to launch this local application when given a matching URL on Windows operating systems. This should only happen if the program has specifically registered itself as a "URL Handler" in the Windows registry. *Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2019-19163 | Firefox will accept any registered Program ID as an external protocol handler and offer to launch this local application when given a matching URL on Windows operating systems. This should only happen if the program has specifically registered itself as a "URL Handler" in the Windows registry. *Note: This issue only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.6, Firefox ESR < 60.6, and Firefox < 66. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T22:01:55.044Z
Reserved: 2019-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2019-9801
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-04-26T17:29:02.977
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:20.237
Link: CVE-2019-9801
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