Mozilla Firefox up to 53.x on Windows Updater/Maintenance Service access control
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 53.x on Windows (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Updater/Maintenance Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 06/13/2017. The weakness was released 06/13/2017 by Holger Fuhrmannek (Nils) with Microsoft Vulnerability Research as MFSA 2017-15 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7767 since 04/12/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100885 (openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla based packages (openSUSE-2017-712)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 170109 (OpenSUSE Security Update for Mozilla (openSUSE-SU-2017:1620-1)).
Upgrading to version 54.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (100885). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 102487, 102488, 102489 and 102490.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 100885
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla based packages (openSUSE-2017-712)
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OpenVAS ID: 803347
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Security Updates(mfsa_2017-15_2017-16)-Windows
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 54.0
Timeline
04/12/2017 🔍06/13/2017 🔍
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06/11/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2017-15
Researcher: Holger Fuhrmannek (Nils)
Organization: Microsoft Vulnerability Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7767 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1038689
SecurityFocus: 99057 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 06/14/2017 17:35Updated: 12/28/2020 15:50
Changes: 06/14/2017 17:35 (81), 10/17/2019 20:22 (8), 12/28/2020 15:50 (2)
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