CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7760
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-417
Description
The Mozilla Windows updater modifies some files to be updated by reading the original file and applying changes to it. The location of the original file can be altered by a malicious user by passing a special path to the callback parameter through the Mozilla Maintenance Service, allowing the manipulation of files in the installation directory and privilege escalation by manipulating the Mozilla 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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 52.2.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 54.0)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348645 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348645 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory