CVE-2013-1712
Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in updater.exe in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in (1) the update directory or (2) the current working directory.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Windows Fixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| r2 | Not affected | — |
| - | Not affected | — |
| — | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"22.0"} | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0.2 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0.3 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0.4 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0.5 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0.6 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 17.0.7 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 19.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 19.0.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 19.0.2 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 20.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 20.0.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 21.0 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endIncluding":"17.0.7"} | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.1 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.2 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.3 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.4 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.5 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.6 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.1 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.2 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.3 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.4 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.5 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.6 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.7 | |
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-71.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18014
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-71.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859072
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18014
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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