CVE-2017-7766

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/	Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:32

NVD link : CVE-2017-7766

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7766

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7766

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox_esr
firefox

microsoft

windows

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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