The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | Mozilla | * | 47.0.1 (including) |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-69.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246944
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-69.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246944
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15