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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494 | Permissions Required |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/ | Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2020-01-08T21:22:53
Updated: 2020-01-09T21:06:14
Reserved: 2019-09-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2019-17009
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-01-08T22:15:11.810
Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140
Link: CVE-2019-17009
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE