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CVE-2017-7766

Published: Jun 11, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	affected `unspecified - < 52.2`
Mozilla	Firefox	affected `unspecified - < 54`

References

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

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742

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

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