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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade linux-thunderbird | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 89 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 50.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-other | Dec 5, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
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