CVE-2021-29951
Mozilla: Thunderbird Maintenance Service could have been started or stopped by domain users
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 4, 2021
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
The Mozilla Maintenance Service granted SERVICE_START access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grants normal remote users access to start or stop the service. This could be used to prevent the browser update service from operating (if an attacker spammed the 'Stop' command); but also exposed attack surface in the maintenance service. Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems older than Win 10 build 1709. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.1, Firefox < 87, and Firefox ESR < 78.10.1.
Statement
This issue only affected Windows operating systems older than Win 10 build 1709. Other operating systems are unaffected
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 6.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization