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CVE-2019-17009

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.

Published

2020-01-08T22:15:11.810

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:31:32.013

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 71.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	< 68.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 68.3	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494 Permissions Required ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)