High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7766
CVE-2017-7766
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.
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Affected products
2unspecified+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/nvdVendor Advisory
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