CVE-2017-7761

The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users

published June 11, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users. When this is combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link), protected files in the target directory of the junction can be deleted by the Mozilla 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00305 · 21.9th percentile
Published
2018-06-11T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JUN 21:00Z
    The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users
    cvelistv5