| Name | CVE-2017-7768 |
| Description | The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to read 32 bytes of any arbitrary file on the local system by convincing the service that it is reading a status file provided by the Mozilla Windows Updater. The Mozilla Maintenance Service executes with privileged access, bypassing system protections against unprivileged users. 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 133.0.3-1 | fixed |
| firefox-esr (PTS) | bullseye | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 128.5.0esr-1 | fixed |
| sid | 128.5.1esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| firefox-esr | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- firefox <not-affected> (Only Firefox on Windows)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Only Firefox ESR on Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-7768
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-16/#CVE-2017-7768