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CVE-2015-4505

Mozilla: Arbitrary file manipulation by local user through Mozilla updater (MFSA 2015-100)

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 22, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation