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CVE-2017-7761

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.3%

The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users. When this is combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link), protected files in the target directory of the junction can be deleted by the Mozilla Maintenance Service, which has privileged access. 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-276
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

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