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GHSA-W9C7-GP5Q-HH44

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:47 – Updated: 2025-11-25 18:32

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2017-7766 (GCVE-0-2017-7766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:12

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

File execution and privilege escalation through updater.ini, Mozilla Windows Updater, and Mozilla Maintenance Service

Assigner

mozilla

References

URL

Tags

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	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected: unspecified , < 52.2 (custom)

Mozilla

Firefox

Affected: unspecified , < 54 (custom)

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-W9C7-GP5Q-HH44

CVE-2017-7766 (GCVE-0-2017-7766)

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