CVE-2019-17009

EPSS 0.3%

When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. *Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

Affected products

Mozilla · Firefox Mozilla · Firefox ESR Mozilla · Thunderbird

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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/