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 | freebsd-upgrade-package-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-firefox-esrfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-libxulfreebsd-upgrade-package-thunderbirdfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-thunderbird | Jun 16, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| Mfsa2017 15 | mozilla-firefox-upgrade-54_0 | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 | |
| Mfsa2017 16 | mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_2 | Jun 14, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-3-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-plugin-thunderbird-lightning-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-3-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-plugin-firefox-java-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-data-firefox-bookmarks-52-2-0-0-175-3-22-0-2-0 | Jul 19, 2017 | Jul 19, 2017 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-mozillafirefoxsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-develsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other | Jun 19, 2017 | Jun 13, 2017 |
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