CVE-2017-7766

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.174

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

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)

References

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