CVE-2017-5409

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/11/2018

Last Modified11/25/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windowsmozilla:firefox

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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