CVE-2017-7755 Information

Description

The Firefox installer on Windows can be made to load malicious DLL files stored in the same directory as the installer when it is run. This allows privileged execution if the installer is run with elevated privileges. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox 54 Firefox ESR 52.2 and Thunderbird 52.2.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99057 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038689 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1361326 https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/ https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-17/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8