CVE-2015-4505 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-264CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.6MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Mozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:N/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 9.2

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox40.0.3+7

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-wmp9-284v-m552: updater↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
Mozilla: Arbitrary file manipulation by local user through Mozilla updater (MFSA 2015-100)↗2015-09-22
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4505 Mozilla: Arbitrary file manipulation by local user through Mozilla updater (MFSA 2015-100)↗2015-09-23
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