CVE-2019-11730 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:60.8.0-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
68.96% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-THUNDERBIRD-453181
  • published24 Jul 2019
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11730  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 thunderbird to version 1:60.8.0-1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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