CVE-2013-1700

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 26, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-1700: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix