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CVE-2017-7755

CVSS v3.0 7.8 (High)
78% Progress
CVSS v2.0 6.8 (Medium)
68% Progress
EPSS 0.37 % (73th)
0.37% Progress
Affected Products 4
Advisories 6
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-426
Untrusted Search Path
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Published Date
2018-06-11 21:29:07
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-08-08 14:47:49
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Microsoft

Mozilla

Configuration #1

AND
    CPE23 From Up To
OR  
  Mozilla Firefox prior 54.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox < 54.0
OR  
  Running on/with
  Mozilla Firefox Esr prior 52.2.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr < 52.2.0
OR  
  Running on/with
  Mozilla Thunderbird prior 52.2.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird < 52.2.0
OR  
  Running on/with
  Microsoft Windows cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-