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Unscored CVE-2017-7766 EUVD-2017-16741GHSA-w9c7-gp5q-hh44

An attack using manipulation of "updater.ini" contents, used by the Mozilla Windows Updater, and privilege escalation through the Mozilla M…

Published Jun 11, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Firefox ESR unspecified – < 52.2 52.2
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – < 54 54

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