CVE-2017-7761

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.086

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update for Mozilla Firefox (54.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (54.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR (52.2.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR x64 (52.2.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR (52.2.1)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR x64 (52.2.1)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox (54.0.1)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (54.0.1)Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for Mozilla Firefox For Mac (54.0)Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Update for Mozilla Firefox For Mac (54.0.1)Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Firefox ESR for Mac 52.1.2Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 52.1.2Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 53.0.3Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac 52.2Mac

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-305924Update for Mozilla Firefox (54.0)
PATCH-305925Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (54.0)
PATCH-305926Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR (52.2.0)
PATCH-306017Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR (52.2.1)
PATCH-306019Update for Mozilla Firefox (54.0.1)
PATCH-306020Update for Mozilla Firefox x64 (54.0.1)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-611808Mozilla Firefox ESR for MAC 128.14.0
PATCH-611870Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1)
PATCH-611870Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1)
PATCH-612783Mozilla Firefox For Mac (145.0.1)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234