CVE-2023-29532
MEDIUMMozilla Maintenance Service - Local Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
A local attacker can trick the Mozilla Maintenance Service into applying an unsigned update file by pointing the service at an update file on a malicious SMB server. The update file can be replaced after the signature check, before the use, because the write-lock requested by the service does not work on a SMB server. *Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, and Thunderbird < 102.10.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806394
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
24.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
mozilla/firefox
< 112.0
mozilla/firefox_esr
< 102.10
mozilla/thunderbird
< 102.10
Published
Jun 19, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026