CWE Code: 200
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  Information Exposure
Summary: the mozilla maintenance service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to read 32 bytes of any arbitrary file on the local system by convincing the service that it is reading a status file provided by the mozilla windows updater. the mozilla maintenance service executes with privileged access, bypassing system protections against unprivileged users. 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/NONE/NONE
Published Date: 2018-06-11
Last Modified Date: 2018-08-13