CWE Code: 269
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 2.1
CWE Name:  Improper Privilege Management
Summary: the mozilla maintenance service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files with junk data using the mozilla windows updater, which runs with the maintenance service's 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/PARTIAL/NONE
Published Date: 2018-06-11
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-03