First published: Wed Apr 03 2013(Updated: )
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.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Mozilla Firefox | <=19.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =19.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =19.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =17.0.4 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird | =17.0.4 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Thunderbird ESR | =17.0.4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | <=2.17 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-alpha_1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-alpha_2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-alpha_3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-beta_1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-beta_2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-rc1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0-rc2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.6 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.7 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.8 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.9 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.10 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.11 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.12 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.13 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.0.14 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-alpha1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-alpha2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-alpha3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-rc1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.1-rc2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.2-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.2-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.2-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.3-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.3-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.3-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.3.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.3.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.3.3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.4-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.4-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.4-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.4.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.5-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.5-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.5-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.5-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.6 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.6-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.6-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.6-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.6-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.6.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.7.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.8 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.8-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.8-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.8-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.8-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.8-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.8-beta6 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.9 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.9-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.9-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.9-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.9-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.9.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.10 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.10-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.10-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.10-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.10.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.11 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.11-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.11-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.11-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.11-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.11-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.11-beta6 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12-beta6 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.12.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13-beta6 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.13.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.14 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.14-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.14-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.14-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.14-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.14-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15-beta6 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.15.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16-beta3 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16-beta4 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16-beta5 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16.1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.16.2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.17-beta1 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.17-beta2 | |
Mozilla SeaMonkey | =2.17-beta3 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | =17.0.4 |
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CVE-2013-0797 is classified as a high-severity vulnerability due to its potential for privilege escalation.
To fix CVE-2013-0797, ensure that you update to Mozilla Firefox version 20.0 or newer, or upgrade to the latest version of Thunderbird or SeaMonkey.
CVE-2013-0797 affects users of Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 20.0, Thunderbird versions prior to 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.17.
CVE-2013-0797 is categorized as an untrusted search path vulnerability.
Yes, local users can exploit CVE-2013-0797 to gain elevated privileges through a specially crafted DLL file.