CVE-2017-7761

The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users. When this is combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link), protected files in the target directory of the junction can be deleted by 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:32

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215648 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215648 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/ - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/ - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:32


NVD link : CVE-2017-7761

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7761

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7761


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • firefox_esr

microsoft

  • windows
CWE
CWE-276

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