Vulnerability CVE-2017-5409: Information
Description
The Mozilla Windows updater can be called by a non-privileged user to delete an arbitrary local file by passing a special path to the callback parameter through the Mozilla Maintenance Service, which has privileged access. Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.8 and Firefox < 52.
Severity: MEDIUM (5.5) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Fixed packages
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/ |
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ |
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| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814 |
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| 1037966 |
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| 96696 |
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