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CVE-2021-29951

Mozilla: Thunderbird Maintenance Service could have been started or stopped by domain users

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

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 · 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization