cvelistv5 - CVE-2017-7755

CVE-2017-7755

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-06-11 21:00

Modified

2024-08-05 16:12

Severity ?

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.org	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1361326	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/	Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR
	Mozilla	Thunderbird

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CVE-2017-7755

Vulnerability from jvndb

Published

2017-07-11 13:48

Modified

2018-08-30 18:03

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Installers of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows may insecurely load Dynamic Link Libraries

Details

Installers of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird for Windows provided by Mozilla Foundation contain an issue with the DLL search path, which may lead to insecurely loading Dynamic Link Libraries (CWE-427). Eili Masami of Tachibana Lab. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

References

▼	Type	URL
	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN81676004/index.html
	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/ta/JVNTA91240916/
	CVE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7755
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7755
	No Mapping(CWE-Other)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	mozilla.org contributors	Mozilla Firefox
	mozilla.org contributors	Mozilla Firefox ESR
	mozilla.org contributors	Mozilla Thunderbird

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gsd-2017-7755

Vulnerability from gsd

Modified

2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Aliases

CVE-2017-7755

Aliases

CVE-2017-7755

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ghsa-3p4h-hgf4-rvgh

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-14 03:09

Modified

2022-05-14 03:09

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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