CVE-2017-5409
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - security@mozilla.org
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Affected products
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/
