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01 Record

CVE-2017-5409

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 28.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-06-11 21:00Z8 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 14:55Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-01-13
Assigning CNA
mozilla
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f88f1a2a54d70496a4b8c7fd0bdfb850d21453b5895fde28f64a508f91d56083

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MozillaFirefox ESR< 45.8—
MozillaFirefox< 52—

06 References