CVE-2013-0797

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.

Published: 2013-04-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0797 is rated Low Risk (39.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0797

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.17% 0.41% +0.24%
2 2025-07-09 0.05% 0.17% +0.12%
3 2025-07-02 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0797

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0797

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0797

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-0797: 1 GLSA(s) (201309-23), 6 atom(s) (mail-client/thunderbird, mail-client/thunderbird-bin, www-client/firefox, www-client/firefox-bin, www-client/seamonkey, www-client/seamonkey-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-0797
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0797 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, xulrunner-1.9.2, xulrunner-2.0), 30 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 10, not-affected 10, ignored 5, needs-triage 2, released 2, pending 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0797

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-0797

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0797

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 19.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 19.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 19.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 17.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 17.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird_esr 17.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:17.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey <= 2.17 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.2:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.5:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.7:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0797

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