MFSA 2013-62: Inaccessible updater can lead to local privilege escalationID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:15011 | Date: (C)2013-09-01 (M)2024-03-27 |
Class: PATCH | Family: windows |
Security researcher Seb Patane reported an issue with the Mozilla Maintenance Service on Windows. He discovered that when the Mozilla Updater executable was inaccessible, the Maintenance Service will behave incorrectly and can be made to use an updater at an arbitrary location. This updater will run with the system privileges used by the Maintenance Service, allowing for local privilege escalation. Local file system access is necessary in order for this issue to be exploitable and it cannot be triggered through web content.
Platform: |
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 Vista |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |