RCE in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2019-9804
In Firefox Developer Tools it is possible that pasting the result of the 'Copy as cURL' command into a command shell on macOS will cause the execution of unintended additional bash script commands if the URL was maliciously crafted. This is the result of an issue with the native version of Bash on macOS. *Note: This issue only affects macOS. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 66.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (78.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-07/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-9804?
- CVE-2019-9804 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-26.
- How severe is CVE-2019-9804?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.