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7.8high

CVE-2017-7766

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

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 32%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.04.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/99057 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038689 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1342742 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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