Privilege escalation vulnerability in the Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox - MFSA 2013-45ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:11201 | Date: (C)2013-05-23 (M)2024-03-27 |
Class: PATCH | Family: windows |
The host is missing a security update according to Mozilla advisory, MFSA 2013-45. The update is required to fix privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly maintain Mozilla Maintenance Service registry entries in certain situations involving upgrades from older Firefox versions. Successful exploitation allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging write access to a "trusted path."
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Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows 2000 |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |