5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-7767
Mozilla Firefox Overprivileged Maintenance Service File Corruption
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 11, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-7767 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-7767.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336964 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-7767 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-20 CWE-269
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336964 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336964 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 54.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 52.2.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.01%

score

0.23570

percentile

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