{"id":"CVE-2017-5409","details":"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 \u003c 45.8 and Firefox \u003c 52.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:16:17.184875Z","published":"2018-06-11T21:29:04.483Z","related":["MGASA-2018-0018","SUSE-SU-2017:0714-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0732-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-06/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96696"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037966"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1321814"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"52.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"45.8.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5409.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}