| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | low |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 92.0-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | stretch | 68.10.0esr-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 78.14.0esr-1~deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 78.11.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 78.14.0esr-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 78.12.0esr-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 78.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 78.14.0esr-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) |
- 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