Published: 05/06/2012 Updated: 29/12/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 641

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service in Mozilla Firefox 12.0, Thunderbird 12.0, and SeaMonkey 2.9 on Windows allow local users to gain privileges by loading a DLL file in a privileged context.

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Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-45 Mozilla Updater fails to update some Windows Registry entries Announced May 14, 2013 Reporter Robert Kugler Impact High Products Firefox Fixed in ...

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2012-35 Privilege escalation through Mozilla Updater and Windows Updater Service Announced June 5, 2012 Reporter James Forshaw Impact Critical Products Firefox, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird ...

CWE-264 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-35.html https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=748764 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-45.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16951 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-45/

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