This vulnerability allows an attacker to use the Mozilla Maintenance Service to escalate privilege by having the Maintenance Service invoke the Mozilla Updater to run malicious local files. This vulnerability requires local system access and is a variant of MFSA2013-44. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libxulUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esr | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 89 | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 50.0 | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-devel | Dec 5, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
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