CVE-2015-4481

Mozilla - Maintenance Service Log File Overwrite Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race condition in the Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving a hard link to a log file during an update.

Vulnerabilidad de condición de carrera en el Servicio de Mantenimiento de Mozilla en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 40.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.2 en Windows, permite a usuarios locales escribir en archivos arbitrarios y consecuentemente obtener privilegios a través de vectores que involucran un enlace duro en un archivo de registro durante una actualización.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Firefox, Thunderbird, Network Security Services (NSS), and NetScape Portable Runtime (NSPR) with the worst of which may allow remote execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 4.12 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-06-10 CVE Reserved
2015-08-16 CVE Published
2015-08-21 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-04-18 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171518	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/133226	2015-08-21
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37925	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html	2018-10-30
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-84.html	2018-10-30
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"	<= 39.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 39.0.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"	38.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"	38.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"	38.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.5"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"	38.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris"				11.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "11.3"		-		Affected