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ghsa-w9c7-gp5q-hh44

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-13 01:47

Modified

2022-05-13 01:47

Severity ?

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

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.

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  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:47:10Z",
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cve-2017-7766

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-06-11 21:00

Modified

2024-08-05 16:12

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Mozilla	Firefox ESR
	Mozilla	Firefox

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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