Is CVE-2019-17009 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2019-17009 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2019-17009?

CVE-2019-17009 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2019-17009?

CVE-2019-17009 has an EPSS score of 0.33% (25th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2019-17009?

Upgrade DeveloperEdition to 71.0 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2019-17009

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:71.0Fixed in:71.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:71.0Fixed in:71.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)Windows application

Affected:68.3Fixed in:68.3Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:68.3Fixed in:68.3Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references1

bugzilla.mozilla.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.