CVE-2017-7766Improper Privilege Management in Mozilla Firefox

4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 61.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified54
NVDmozilla/firefox< 52.2.0+1
CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified52.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-w9c7-gp5q-hh44: An attack using manipulation of "updater2022-05-13

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-7766: firefox - An attack using manipulation of "updater.ini" contents, used by the Mozilla Wind...2017

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
Mozilla Maintenance Service Privilege Escalation via updater.exe if Firefox is installed in non-default location2020-06-03