CVE-2013-1700

Publication date 26 June 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 on Windows does not properly handle inability to launch the Mozilla Updater executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving placement of a Trojan horse executable file at an arbitrary location.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

chrisccoulson

Affects the Mozilla Maintenance Service on Windows only