CVE-2019-17009
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-17009
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17009.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201912-1
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 71.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.