CVE-2017-7766
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
Un ataque que emplea la manipulación del contenido de "updater.ini", empleado por Mozilla Windows Updater, y un escalado de privilegios mediante Mozilla Maintenance Service permite la ejecución y eliminación de archivos arbitrarios por parte de Maintenance Service, que tiene acceso privilegiado. 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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.38%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 30
- Fecha de la puntuación: 10/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342742
- 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=1342742
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/
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