Mozilla Firefox ESR
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.37 % · percentile 31 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mozilla
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-16741
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2017-7766
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2017-AVI-174 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Mozilla Firefox · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 52.2.0cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 54.0
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Mozilla · Firefox ESR | affected unspecified < 52.2 |
| Mozilla · Firefox | affected unspecified < 54 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |