CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.9
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the mozilla updater in mozilla firefox before 21.0 on windows does not properly maintain mozilla maintenance service registry entries in certain situations involving upgrades from older firefox versions, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging write access to a "trusted path."
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2013-05-16
Last Modified Date: 2017-09-19