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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-4505 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 5 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected |