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CVE-2017-7768

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

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

• Mozilla Firefox: before 52.2.0; before 54.0 — fixed in 52.2.0, 54.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 52.2.0, 54.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336979
• 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=1336979
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/

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