CVE-2017-5409

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

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firefox (PTS)	sid	79.0-1	fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)	stretch	68.10.0esr-1~deb9u1	fixed
	stretch (security)	68.11.0esr-1~deb9u1	fixed
	buster	68.10.0esr-1~deb10u1	fixed
	buster (security)	68.11.0esr-1~deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	68.11.0esr-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