// For flags

CVE-2015-4481

Mozilla - Maintenance Service Log File Overwrite Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

3.3
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*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.

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
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
  • 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
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mozilla
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Firefox
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<= 39.0.3
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Affected
in Microsoft
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Windows
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*-
Safe
Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.0
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Affected
in Microsoft
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Windows
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*-
Safe
Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.0.1
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Affected
in Microsoft
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Windows
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*-
Safe
Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.0.5
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Affected
in Microsoft
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Windows
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*-
Safe
Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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38.1.0
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Affected
in Microsoft
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Windows
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*-
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Opensuse
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Opensuse
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13.1
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Affected
Opensuse
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Opensuse
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13.2
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Affected
Oracle
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Solaris
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11.3
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Affected