Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2019-17009
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Mozilla Firefox — versions before 71
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions before 68.3
- Mozilla Firefox Esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions before 68.3
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/ (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17009?
- CVE-2019-17009 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-08.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17009?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.