CVE-2017-7768

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Mozilla Maintenance Service puede ser invocado por un usuario sin privilegios para leer 32 bytes de cualquier archivo arbitrario en el sistema local convenciendo al servicio de que está leyendo un archivo de estado proporcionado por Mozilla Windows Updater. Mozilla Maintenance Service se ejecuta con acceso privilegiado, omitiendo las protecciones del sistema contra usuarios sin privilegios. Nota: Este ataque requiere acceso local al sistema y solo afecta a Windows. Otros sistemas operativos no se han visto afectados. La vulnerabilidad afecta a Firefox ESR en versiones anteriores a la 52.2 y Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 54.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-04-12 CVE Reserved
2018-06-11 CVE Published
2023-06-05 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336979	2018-08-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15	2018-08-13
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16	2018-08-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"	< 54.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 54.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"	< 52.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 52.2.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	-	-	Safe