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title: "CVE-2013-0797\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-0797

Publication date 3 April 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Mozilla Updater in Mozilla
Firefox before 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before
17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.17
allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL file in an
unspecified directory.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0797?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| seamonkey | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-1.9.2 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| xulrunner-2.0 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

xulrunner-1.9.2 unmaintained upstream (see README.mozilla for
details)

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### [chrisccoulson](https://launchpad.net/~chrisccoulson)

Only affects builds with Mozilla's updater enabled

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-0797)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0797)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-0797)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0797)

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-34.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0797>