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
Published Aug 7, 2013
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 22.0
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
- 17.0.6
- 17.0.7
- 19.0
- 19.0.1
- 19.0.2
- 20.0
- 20.0.1
- 21.0
- ≤ 17.0.7
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
- 17.0.6
- 17.0
- 17.0.1
- 17.0.2
- 17.0.3
- 17.0.4
- 17.0.5
- 17.0.6
- 17.0.7
Running on/with
- n/a
- n/a
- n/a
- r2
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 14.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 18.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 16.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 14.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-71.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859072 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18014 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-71.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859072 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18014 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
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