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.
CVE-2013-1712 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 7 products from mozilla, from mozilla, from mozilla and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2013-08-07T01:55:04.917
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.4
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | mozilla | firefox | ≤ 22.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 17.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 19.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 19.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 19.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 20.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 20.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | firefox | 21.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | ≤ 17.0.7 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird | 17.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.2 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.3 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.4 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.5 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.6 | Yes |
| Application | mozilla | thunderbird_esr | 17.0.7 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_7 | * | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_8 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_8 | - | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2008 | r2 | No |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows_server_2012 | - | No |
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