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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.

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CVE ID: CVE-2019-17009
Base Score: 7.8
Base Severity: HIGH
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.8

Refrence: NVD