CVE-2015-4505 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the updater.exe component of Mozilla Firefox on Windows, affecting versions before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3. An attacker could exploit this by performing a junction attack, allowing them to write to arbitrary files when the Mozilla Maintenance Service performs an update. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.6, indicating high impact on integrity and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
38.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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