VDB
CVE-2017-7768
CVE-2017-7768
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to read 32 bytes of any arbitrary file on the local system by convincing the service that it is reading a status file provided by the Mozilla Windows Updater. The Mozilla Maintenance Service executes with privileged access, bypassing system protections against unprivileged users. 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.
EPSS 0.05% · 14.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.05%
14.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | * |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | unspecified |
| mozilla | firefox | 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 14, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ advisory
- 99057 vdb
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ url
- 1038689 vdb
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336979 url
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7768 advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15 url
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16 url