The maintenance service in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 on Windows does not prevent MAR extracted-file modification during updater execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file
Published Jun 13, 2016
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
The maintenance service in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 on Windows does not prevent MAR extracted-file modification during updater execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
Affected products
No data.
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/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 1, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 25.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 25.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00235) | 44.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 72.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 71.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 69.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.40% (0.01404) | 45.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237219 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237219 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
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