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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade thunderbirdUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-esr | 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 the latest version of Mozilla FirefoxUpgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 52.2 | Jun 14, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade web/data/firefox-bookmarks 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/browser/firefox/plugin/firefox-java to version 52.2.0-0.175.3.22.0.2.0 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 to version 52.2.0-0.175.3.22.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Jul 19, 2017 | Jul 19, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-other | Jun 19, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 |
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