Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-5409
CVE-2017-5409
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.
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Affected products
23<45.8+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <45.8
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords20 versionspkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205
< 45.8.0esr-102.1+ 19 more
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-102.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.8.0esr-68.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/nvdVendor Advisory
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