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CVE-2017-7766

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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Description

An attack using manipulation of "updater.ini" contents, used by the Mozilla Windows Updater, and privilege escalation through the Mozilla Maintenance Service to allow for arbitrary file execution and deletion by the Maintenance Service, which has privileged access. Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.2 and Firefox < 54.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-w9c7-gp5q-hh44

Advisory Details

An attack using manipulation of "updater.ini" contents, used by the Mozilla Windows Updater, and privilege escalation through the Mozilla Maintenance Service to allow for arbitrary file execution and deletion by the Maintenance Service, which has privileged access. Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 52.2 and Firefox < 54.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7766
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.506Z
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