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cve[email protected]CVE-2015-4481
HistoryAug 16, 2015 - 1:59 a.m.

CVE-2015-4481

2015-08-1601:59:08
CWE-362
web.nvd.nist.gov
47
cve-2015-4481
mozilla maintenance service
firefox
windows
local users
arbitrary files
privileges
hard link
log file
update

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.1%

Race condition in the Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving a hard link to a log file during an update.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
mozillafirefoxRange39.0.3
OR
mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.0
OR
mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.0.1
OR
mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.0.5
OR
mozillafirefox_esrMatch38.1.0
AND
microsoftwindows
Node
opensuseopensuseMatch13.1
OR
opensuseopensuseMatch13.2
Node
oraclesolarisMatch11.3

3.3 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.1%