Riskcovery

CVE-2017-7761

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Updated
Aug 5, 2024
Reserved
Apr 12, 2017

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Description

The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users. When this is combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link), protected files in the target directory of the junction can be deleted by the Mozilla 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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Firefox ESRMozilla
  • before 52.2Affected
FirefoxMozilla
  • before 54Affected

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