medium5.5
CVE-2017-7761
The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 52.2.0 before 54.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215648
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215648
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/bugs/1125/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/