When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. *Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

Related CVEs

CVE-2019-17009

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-9wr8-jjcr-qw4x

Published

May 24, 2022 5:05 PM

Last Modified

May 24, 2022 5:05 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 14, 2025 6:31 AM

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