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.
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 linux-seamonkeyUpgrade firefox-esrUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-firefox | Jun 16, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Mfsa2017 15 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 54.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Mfsa2017 16 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.2Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Jun 14, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade mail/thunderbird to version 52.2.0-0.175.3.22.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 52.2.0-0.175.3.22.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade mail/thunderbird/plugin/thunderbird-lightning to version 52.2.0-0.175.3.22.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks to version 52.2.0-0.175.3.22.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java to version 52.2.0-0.175.3.22.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Jul 19, 2017 | Jul 19, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-devel | Jun 19, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 |
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