CVE-2013-1712: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-1712 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 07-08-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in updater.exe in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in (1) the update directory or (2) the current working directory.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
31%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≤ 22.0 | 17.0 | 17.0.1 | 17.0.2 | 17.0.3 | 17.0.4 | 17.0.5 | 17.0.6 | 17.0.7 | 19.0 | 19.0.1 | 19.0.2 | 20.0 | 2.0.0.1 | 21.0
- thunderbird≤ 17.0.7 | 17.0 | 17.0.1 | 17.0.2 | 17.0.3 | 17.0.4 | 17.0.5 | 17.0.6
- thunderbird_esr17.0 | 17.0.1 | 17.0.2 | 17.0.3 | 17.0.4 | 17.0.5 | 17.0.6 | 17.0.7
1 vendor · 3 products
References
3 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18014VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859072X Refsource CONFIRM