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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861 ↗
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html ↗