Vulnerability Instance

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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/2705?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-jjau-wrpx-t7ea",
    "summary": "Security researcher Ash reported an issue affected the\nMozilla Maintenance Service on Windows systems. The Mozilla Maintenance Service\ninstaller writes to a temporary directory created during the update process\nwhich is writable by users. If malicious DLL files are placed within this\ndirectory during the update process, these DLL files can run in a privileged\ncontext through the Mozilla Maintenance Service's privileges, allowing for local\nprivilege escalation. \nThis issue does not affect Linux or OS X users and is confined\nto Windows.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2014-1520"
        }
    ],
    "fixed_packages": [
        {
            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1146?format=api",
            "purl": "pkg:mozilla/Firefox@29.0.0",
            "is_vulnerable": false,
            "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [],
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:mozilla/Firefox@29.0.0"
        },
        {
            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1147?format=api",
            "purl": "pkg:mozilla/Firefox%20ESR@24.5.0",
            "is_vulnerable": false,
            "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [],
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:mozilla/Firefox%2520ESR@24.5.0"
        }
    ],
    "affected_packages": [],
    "references": [
        {
            "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1520",
            "reference_id": "CVE-2014-1520",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1520"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-35",
            "reference_id": "mfsa2014-35",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [
                {
                    "value": "high",
                    "scoring_system": "generic_textual",
                    "scoring_elements": ""
                }
            ],
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-35"
        }
    ],
    "weaknesses": [],
    "exploits": [],
    "severity_range_score": "7.0 - 8.9",
    "exploitability": null,
    "weighted_severity": null,
    "risk_score": null,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-jjau-wrpx-t7ea"
}