CVE-2019-17009
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2019-17009 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2020-01-08 22:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Microsoft | Windows | - | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Microsoft | Windows | - | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox Esr | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox Esr | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 15.1 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in - Firefox 71 — Mozilla | CONFIRM | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in - Thunderbird 68.3 — Mozilla | CONFIRM | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0003-1: important: Security update | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0002-1: important: Security update | SUSE | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Security Vulnerabilities fixed in - Firefox ESR 68.3 — Mozilla | CONFIRM | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| 1510494 - (CVE-2019-17009) Write log files and update.status file to restricted directory and copy it to the final location after the update finishes | MISC | bugzilla.mozilla.org | Permissions Required |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 500924 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr