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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.

Published

2018-06-11T21:29:04.483

Last Modified

2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-269

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 52.0	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 45.8.0	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)