CVE-2019-17009 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8