CVE-2015-4505

Description

updater.exe in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files by conducting a junction attack and waiting for an update operation by the Mozilla Maintenance Service.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.1
MODERATE
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.105

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Update for Mozilla Firefox (41.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox (41.0.1)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox (41.0.2)Windows
Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR (38.3.0)Windows
Update for Mozilla Thunderbird (38.3.0)Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 38.1.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 38.1.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 38.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 38.0.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 38.0.5Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 38.1.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 38.2.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 38.2.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox (x64) 40.0.3Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 38.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 38.0.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 38.0.5Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 38.1.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 38.2.0Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 38.2.1Windows
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla_Firefox 40.0.3Windows

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-302184Update for Mozilla Firefox (41.0)
PATCH-302185Update for Mozilla Firefox (41.0.1)
PATCH-302186Update for Mozilla Firefox (41.0.2)
PATCH-302285Update for Mozilla Firefox ESR (38.3.0)
PATCH-302898Update for Mozilla Thunderbird (38.3.0)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234