CVE-2017-7760

N/A

Description

The Mozilla Windows updater modifies some files to be updated by reading the original file and applying changes to it. The location of the original file can be altered by a malicious user by passing a special path to the callback parameter through the Mozilla Maintenance Service, allowing the manipulation of files in the installation directory and privilege escalation by manipulating 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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published6/11/2018

Last Modified11/25/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:windowsmozilla:firefox

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-417

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689(security@mozilla.org)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348645(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/(security@mozilla.org)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/(security@mozilla.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1348645(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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