CVE-2017-7766

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

25 Nov 2025, 17:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2025-11-25 17:50


NVD link : CVE-2017-7766

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7766

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7766


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Products Affected

microsoft

  • windows

mozilla

  • firefox