CVE-2013-1673
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CVE-2013-1673 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0 on Windows does not properly maintain Mozilla Maintenance Service registry entries in certain situations involving upgrades from older Firefox versions, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging write access to a "trusted path.". EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0 on Windows does not properly maintain Mozilla Maintenance Service registry entries in certain situations involving upgrades from older Firefox versions, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging write access to a "trusted path."
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | <= 20.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 19.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 19.0.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 19.0.2 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 20.0 |
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