CVE-2015-2720

Mozilla Firefox <38.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The update implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 on Windows does not ensure that the pathname for updater.exe corresponds to the application directory, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127481

Scores

EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-17
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/firefox < 37.0.2
Published May 14, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026