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.
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ | vendor advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 | third party advisory vdb entry |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1336964 | vendor advisory issue tracking |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ | vendor advisory |