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CVE-2017-5409

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

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GHSA-3pwm-r9r6-wpwp

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5409
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.846Z
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