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MFSA2017-15 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 54 (CVE-2017-7761)

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MFSA2017-15 Firefox: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 54 (CVE-2017-7761)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/11/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-54_0

References

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