7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-7766

Published: 11/06/2018 Updated: 03/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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Vendor Advisories

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-16 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 522 Announced June 13, 2017 Impact critical Products Firefox ESR Fixed in Firefox ESR 522 ...
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-15 Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 54 Announced June 13, 2017 Impact critical Products Firefox Fixed in Firefox 54 ...