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CVE-2017-5409 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814	CVE	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814	[email protected]	ExploitIssue Tracking
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	< 52.0 < 45.8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2025	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Aug 9, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]