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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.846Z
Reserved: 2017-01-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-5409

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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:04.483
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:33.417
Link: CVE-2017-5409

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