| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 140.0.4-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 128.12.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 128.10.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 128.12.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 128.11.0esr-1 | fixed |
| sid | 128.12.0esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- firefox <not-affected> (Only Firefox on Windows)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only Firefox on Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5409
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/#CVE-2017-5409