Mozilla Firefox up to 40 on Windows Maintenance Service updater.exe File access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 40 on Windows and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file updater.exe of the component Maintenance Service. Such manipulation leads to access control (File). This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-4505. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 40 on Windows (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file updater.exe of the component Maintenance Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (File). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 09/24/2015 by Holger Fuhrmannek (Website). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-4505 since 06/10/2015. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86079 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2d56c7f4-b354-428f-8f48-38150c607a05)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168108 (OpenSuSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2015:1658-1)).

Upgrading to version 41.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (106631), Tenable (86079), SecurityFocus (BID 76819†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52919†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-78020, VDB-78022, VDB-78023 and VDB-78024. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: File
Class: Access control / File
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 86079
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2d56c7f4-b354-428f-8f48-38150c607a05)
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OpenVAS ID: 803627
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities - Sep15 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 41.0

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09/22/2015 +104 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: bugzilla.mozilla.org
Researcher: Holger Fuhrmannek
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4505 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4505
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78026
X-Force: 106631 - Mozilla Firefox updater.exe privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 76819 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2015-4505 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033640
Vulnerability Center: 52919 - Mozilla Firefox before 41 and Firefox ESR 38 before 38.3 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2015 17:56
Updated: 10/22/2024 23:08
Changes: 09/25/2015 17:56 (63), 01/03/2018 09:50 (15), 06/18/2022 23:44 (3), 06/18/2022 23:52 (1), 10/22/2024 23:08 (15)
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