PT-2013-3333 · Mozilla · Firefox

Published 2013-06-26 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2013-1700

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 22.0

Description The issue arises from the Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox not properly handling the inability to launch the Mozilla Updater executable file. This allows local users to gain privileges through vectors involving the placement of a Trojan horse executable file at an arbitrary location.

Recommendations For versions prior to 22.0, update to version 22.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1700

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 4

• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-62.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1700 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17126 · Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867056 · Note