CVE-2017-7755 — Untrusted Search Path in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The Firefox installer on Windows can be made to load malicious DLL files stored in the same directory as the installer when it is run. This allows privileged execution if the installer is run with elevated privileges. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 54
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.2.0+1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 52.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-3p4h-hgf4-rvgh: The Firefox installer on Windows can be made to load malicious DLL files stored in the same directory as the installer when it is run↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-7755: firefox - The Firefox installer on Windows can be made to load malicious DLL files stored ...↗2017
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