Security Advisory

CVE-2017-7766

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-06-11 21:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 16:12:28
Assigner mozilla
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.