Mozilla Thunderbird up to 137.x Update access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 137.x. Affected is an unknown function of the component Update Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-2817. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 137.x. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Thunderbird's update mechanism allowed a medium-integrity user process to interfere with the SYSTEM-level updater by manipulating the file-locking behavior. By injecting code into the user-privileged process, an attacker could bypass intended access controls, allowing SYSTEM-level file operations on paths controlled by a non-privileged user and enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, Firefox ESR 115.23, Thunderbird 138, and Thunderbird 128.10.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-2817 since 03/26/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/15/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234931 (Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.23), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 138 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (234931) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1850). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Xerox FreeFlow Print Server

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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ADP CISA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 234931
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR < 115.23

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 138

Timelineinfo

03/26/2025 🔍
04/29/2025 +33 days 🔍
04/29/2025 +0 days 🔍
04/15/2026 +351 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-2817 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2817
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306525
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1850 - Xerox FreeFlow Print Server: Mehrere Schwachstellen erm&ouml;glichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff

Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2025 16:41
Updated: 04/15/2026 14:35
Changes: 04/29/2025 16:41 (56), 04/29/2025 23:22 (2), 05/02/2025 16:29 (1), 08/16/2025 02:26 (7), 04/15/2026 14:35 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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