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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2017-7768

CVE-2017-7768

Description

The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to read 32 bytes of any arbitrary file on the local system by convincing the service that it is reading a status file provided by the Mozilla Windows Updater. The Mozilla Maintenance Service executes with privileged access, bypassing system protections against unprivileged users. 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.

Affected products

48

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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