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.
References
Link | Resource |
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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=1215648 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/ | Issue Tracking Third Party 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=1215648 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/ | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 Nov 2024, 03:32
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () 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 | |
References | () https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/ - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () 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
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
- firefox_esr
microsoft
- windows
CWE
CWE-276
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