CVE-2015-4481
Mozilla - Maintenance Service Log File Overwrite Privilege Escalation
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
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.
The maintenance service creates a log file in a user writable location. It's possible to change the log file to a hardlink to another file to cause file corruption or elevation of privilege.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-06-10 CVE Reserved
- 2015-08-16 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-06 First Exploit
- 2024-10-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
References (11)
URL | Tag | Source |
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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 |
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37925 | 2024-08-06 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1" | - |
Affected
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Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2" | - |
Affected
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Oracle Search vendor "Oracle" | Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" | 11.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "11.3" | - |
Affected
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