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.

CVSS v3.0

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 29th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-5407
• CVE-2017-5411
• CVE-2017-5404
• CVE-2017-5415
• CVE-2017-5395
• CVE-2017-5420