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CVE-2017-7768

Description

The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to read 32 bytes of any arbitrary file on the local system by convincing the service that it is reading a status file provided by the Mozilla Windows Updater. The Mozilla Maintenance Service executes with privileged access, bypassing system protections against unprivileged users. 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:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.046

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