CVE-2019-17009 — Insecure Temporary File in Mozilla Firefox
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.27%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 8
Latest updateMay 24
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages7 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-9wr8-jjcr-qw4x: When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and e↗2022-05-24
CVEList▶
CVE-2019-17009: When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and e↗2020-01-08
OSV▶
CVE-2019-17009: When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and e↗2020-01-08