Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-7766 (CCN-127248)

Assigned:2017-06-13
Published:2017-06-13
Updated:2019-10-03
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
8.4 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.3 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-7766

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
99057

Source: CCN
Type: BID-99057
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1038689

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
firefox-cve20177766-priv-esc(127248)

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-15
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 54

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2017-16
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.2

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 54.0)
  • OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 52.2.0)
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:53.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:52.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20177766
    V
    		CVE-2017-7766
    2023-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7868
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:609
    P
    		Security update for sqlite3 (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-10-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:720
    P
    		Security update for ucode-intel (Moderate)
    2022-08-31
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3252
    P
    		libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94882
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1523
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2022-06-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1167
    P
    		Security update for jackson-databind, jackson-dataformats-binary, jackson-annotations, jackson-bom, jackson-core (Important)
    2022-05-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1301
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)
    2022-04-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1056
    P
    		Security update for yaml-cpp (Moderate)
    2022-04-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1412
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)
    2022-02-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:945
    P
    		Security update for net-snmp (Important)
    2022-01-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70030
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)
    2021-12-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93994
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1639
    P
    		Security update for squid (Moderate)
    2021-10-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71207
    P
    		hardlink-1.0+git.e66999f-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69925
    P
    		Security update for ffmpeg (Important)
    2021-09-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47942
    P
    		aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681-38.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47459
    P
    		pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47241
    P
    		dnsmasq-2.76-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48358
    P
    		zypper-1.13.51-21.26.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48240
    P
    		memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47683
    P
    		libXrender1-0.9.8-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47256
    P
    		freeradius-server-3.0.14-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48045
    P
    		ibus-chewing-1.4.14-4.11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47570
    P
    		bzip2-1.0.6-29.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47131
    P
    		ppc64-diag-2.7.1-5.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48191
    P
    		libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47794
    P
    		libtasn1-4.9-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47266
    P
    		glib2-lang-2.48.2-10.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48287
    P
    		python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48156
    P
    		libnetpbm11-10.66.3-8.7.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47591
    P
    		dbus-1-1.8.22-29.10.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47242
    P
    		dosfstools-3.0.26-6.5 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48302
    P
    		sane-backends-1.0.24-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47831
    P
    		mutt-1.10.1-55.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47377
    P
    		libmpfr4-3.1.2-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47130
    P
    		powerpc-utils-1.3.2-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48129
    P
    		libjansson4-2.12-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47702
    P
    		libecpg6-10.5-1.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47145
    P
    		rpcbind-0.2.3-21.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48256
    P
    		pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72447
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62728
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101134
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49443
    P
    		Security update for nodejs10 (Important)
    2021-07-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48367
    P
    		apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48469
    P
    		libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71094
    P
    		rpcbind-0.2.3-3.22 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48398
    P
    		cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64507
    P
    		Security update for hivex (Moderate)
    2021-05-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67754
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 15) (Important)
    2021-04-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100707
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-02-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:116931
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72109
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62390
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89851
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72220
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103506
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62501
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72331
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107373
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62612
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67854
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49332
    P
    		socat on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49608
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66582
    P
    		pam on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73365
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49386
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49554
    P
    		libjbig2-32bit on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66674
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49497
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64420
    P
    		opensc on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73247
    P
    		libxcb-composite0 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20177766000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7766 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20177766000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7766 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201777660000000
    V
    		CVE-2017-7766 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    BACK
    mozilla firefox *
    mozilla firefox esr *
    microsoft windows -
    mozilla firefox 53.0
    mozilla firefox esr 52.1.0