CVE-2017-7755

HIGH Year: 2017
CVSS v3 Score
7.8
High
CVSS v2 Score
6.8
Medium
Weakness Type
CWE-426
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Vulnerability Description

The Firefox installer on Windows can be made to load malicious DLL files stored in the same directory as the installer when it is run. This allows privileged execution if the installer is run with elevated privileges. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 54, Firefox ESR < 52.2, and Thunderbird < 52.2.

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