CVE-2017-7766

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.
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=1342742 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742 - Issue Tracking, Vendor 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-2017-7766

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7766

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7766


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • firefox_esr

microsoft

  • windows