CVE-2015-4505

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.

CVSS v2.0 6.6 MEDIUM

6.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 9.2

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.1:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2015-09-24 04:59

Updated : 2016-12-22 02:59

NVD link : CVE-2015-4505

Mitre link : CVE-2015-4505

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2015-4505

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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