CVE-2013-1700
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.2
Description
The Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 on Windows does not properly handle inability to launch the Mozilla Updater executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving placement of a Trojan horse executable file at an arbitrary location.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-62.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867056
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17126
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-62.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867056
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17126
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.