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Security Bulletin: Synthetic Playback Agent 8.1.4.x is affected by multiple vulnerabilities of Mozilla Firefox

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Summary

Synthetic Playback Agent has addressed the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11699
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11700
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11698
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9800
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11701

Vulnerability Details

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11699

Description: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks, caused by the highlighting of the wrong name during page navigations. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to spoof the addressbar.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161355 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11700
Description: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by the use of the res: protocol to open local files at a known location in Internet Explorer. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security restrictions.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161354 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11698
Description: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using drag and dropt to steal user history data.
CVSS Base Score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161353 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9800
Description: Mozilla Firefox could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by memory safety bugs within the browser engine. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unknown attack vectors to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base Score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161357 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11701
Description: Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the default webcal: protocol handler. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
CVSS Base Score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161356 for more information
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Product

Affected Versions

Synthetic Playback Agent

8.1.4 - 8.1.4 IF07

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMF

APAR

Remediation / First Fix

Synthetic Playback Agent

8.1.4 IF08

8.1.4.0-IBM-APM-SYNTHETIC-PLAYBACK-AGENT-IF0008

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
18 September 2019

UID

ibm11073932