Mozilla Firefox ESR
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 20 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mozilla
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files with junk data using the Mozilla Windows Updater, which runs with the Maintenance Service's 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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-16742
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2017-7767
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 |