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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2020-01-08T21:22:53

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:24:48.744Z

Reserved: 2019-09-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-17009

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-01-08T22:15:11.810

Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140

Link: CVE-2019-17009

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-17009 - Bugzilla