CVE-2013-1700

The Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 on Windows does not properly handle inability to launch the Mozilla Updater executable file, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving placement of a Trojan horse executable file at an arbitrary location.

Published: 2013-06-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1700 is rated Low Risk (39/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1700

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 0.15% 0.37% +0.22%
2 2025-07-09 0.05% 0.15% +0.10%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1700

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1700

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1700

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1700 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1700

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1700

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 21.0 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 19.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:19.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 20.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 20.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:20.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1700

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