CVE-2017-5409

2018-06-1121:00:00

mozilla

www.cve.org

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

32.0%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Firefox ESR",
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "45.8",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Firefox",
    "vendor": "Mozilla",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "52",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]