cvelistv5 - CVE-2017-7761

CVE-2017-7761

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-06-11 21:00

Modified

2024-08-05 16:12

Severity ?

Summary

The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users. When this is combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link), protected files in the target directory of the junction can be deleted by 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.

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=1215648	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.org	https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/	Issue Tracking, Third Party 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

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR
	Mozilla	Firefox

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CVE-2017-7761

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