CVE-2017-5409
First published: Tue Mar 07 2017(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <45.8 | 45.8 |
| <52 | 52 | |
| <45.8 | 45.8 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <52.0 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <45.8.0 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- CVE-2017-5400
- CVE-2017-5401
- CVE-2017-5402
- CVE-2017-5404
- CVE-2017-5407
- CVE-2017-5410
- CVE-2017-5409
- CVE-2017-5408
- CVE-2017-5405
- CVE-2017-5398
- CVE-2017-5403
- CVE-2017-5406
- CVE-2017-5411
- CVE-2017-5412
- CVE-2017-5413
- CVE-2017-5414
- CVE-2017-5415
- CVE-2017-5416
- CVE-2017-5417
- CVE-2017-5425
- CVE-2017-5426
- CVE-2017-5427
- CVE-2017-5418
- CVE-2017-5419
- CVE-2017-5420
- CVE-2017-5421
- CVE-2017-5422
- CVE-2017-5399
- collector/mozilla-advisory
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- source/Mozilla
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox esr
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows