CVE-2017-5409

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5409
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5409.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5409
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Published
2018-06-11T21:29:04.483Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:16:17.184875Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

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Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "52.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "45.8.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
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