CVE-2017-5409

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Jan 13, 2017

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Firefox ESRMozilla	before 45.8Affected
FirefoxMozilla	before 52Affected

References

96696vdb-entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
1037966vdb-entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814

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