Description
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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2017-16742 | 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. |
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History
Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000
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Mozilla firefox Esr
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:12:28.499Z
Reserved: 2017-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2017-7767
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:08.577
Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803
Link: CVE-2017-7767
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD