Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 30, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2014-1520
CVE-2014-1520
Description
maintenservice_installer.exe in the Maintenance Service Installer in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse DLL file into a temporary directory at an unspecified point in the update process.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
10- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/161696/Mozilla-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-Privilege-Escalation.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Mar/14nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/59866nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-35.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01nvdThird Party Advisory
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