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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | Mozilla | 38.0 (including) | 38.0 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 38.0.1 (including) | 38.0.1 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 38.0.5 (including) | 38.0.5 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 38.1.0 (including) | 38.1.0 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 38.1.1 (including) | 38.1.1 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 38.2.0 (including) | 38.2.0 (including) |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 38.2.1 (including) | 38.2.1 (including) |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861