CVE-2015-4505

Severity Score

6.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad en updater.exe en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 41.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.3 en Windows, permite a usuarios locales escribir en archivos arbitrarios mediante la realización de un ataque de unión y esperando por una operación de actualización por el Mozilla Maintenance Service.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 6.6

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-06-10 CVE Reserved
2015-09-24 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html	2016-12-22
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html	2016-12-22
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html	2016-12-22

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 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
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"	38.1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.1"	-	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"	38.2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.0"	-	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"	38.2.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.2.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"	<= 40.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 40.0.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe