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CVE-2017-7767
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files with junk data using the Mozilla Windows Updater, which runs with the Maintenance Service's 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
99057
vdb-entry
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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
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1038689
vdb-entry
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336964
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
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