CVE-2015-4505

Firefox < 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x < 38.3 - Arbitrary File Write via Junction Attack

Title source: llm

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.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0010

EPSS Percentile 28.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (8)

mozilla/firefox 38.0

mozilla/firefox 38.0.1

mozilla/firefox 38.0.5

mozilla/firefox 38.1.0

mozilla/firefox 38.1.1

mozilla/firefox 38.2.0

mozilla/firefox 38.2.1

mozilla/firefox < 40.0.3

Published Sep 24, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026