Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability in Mozilla Windows Updater

CVE-2017-5409 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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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