CVE-2013-1672

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1672
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-05-16 11:45:30 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 on Windows allows local users to bypass integrity verification and gain privileges via vectors involving junctions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 17.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 19.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 20.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
850492 – (CVE-2013-1672) Arbitrary code execution by Maintenance Service with junctions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
MFSA 2013-44: Local privilege escalation through Mozilla Maintenance Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
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