CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7768
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to read 32 bytes of any arbitrary file on the local system by convincing the service that it is reading a status file provided by the Mozilla Windows Updater. The Mozilla Maintenance Service executes with privileged access, bypassing system protections against unprivileged users. 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 · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
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=1336979 Issue Tracking, 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=1336979 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory