Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2015-4505
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (19.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 19.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)