SUSE CVE-2013-1707

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long pathname on the command line to the Mozilla Maintenance Service...

SUSE CVE-2015-0833

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in updater.exe in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 on Windows, when the Maintenance Service is not used, allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in 1 the current working...

SUSE CVE-2015-4481

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...

SUSE 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...

SUSE CVE-2016-2809

The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution...

SUSE CVE-2016-5295

This vulnerability allows an attacker to use the Mozilla Maintenance Service to escalate privilege by having the Maintenance Service invoke the Mozilla Updater to run malicious local files. This vulnerability requires local system access and is a variant of MFSA2013-44. Note: this issue only...

SUSE CVE-2017-5409

The Mozilla Windows updater can be called by a non-privileged user to delete an arbitrary local file by passing a special path to the callback parameter through the Mozilla Maintenance Service, which has privileged access. Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows...

SUSE CVE-2017-7761

The Mozilla Maintenance Service "helper.exe" application creates a temporary directory writable by non-privileged users. When this is combined with creation of a junction a form of symbolic link, protected files in the target directory of the junction can be deleted by the Mozilla Maintenance...

SUSE CVE-2017-7766

An attack using manipulation of "updater.ini" contents, used by the Mozilla Windows Updater, and privilege escalation through the Mozilla Maintenance Service to allow for arbitrary file execution and deletion by the Maintenance Service, which has privileged access. Note: This attack requires loca...

SUSE CVE-2017-7767

The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to overwrite arbitrary files with junk data using the Mozilla Windows Updater, which runs with the Maintenance Service's privileged access. Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operati...

SUSE CVE-2017-7768

The Mozilla Maintenance Service can be invoked by an unprivileged user to read 32 bytes of any arbitrary file on the local system by convincing the service that it is reading a status file provided by the Mozilla Windows Updater. The Mozilla Maintenance Service executes with privileged access,...

SUSE CVE-2019-11736

The Mozilla Maintenance Service does not guard against files being hardlinked to another file in the updates directory, allowing for the replacement of local files, including the Maintenance Service executable, which is run with privileged access. Additionally, there was a race condition during...

SUSE CVE-2019-11753

The Firefox installer allows Firefox to be installed to a custom user writable location, leaving it unprotected from manipulation by unprivileged users or malware. If the Mozilla Maintenance Service is manipulated to update this unprotected location and the updated maintenance service in the...

SUSE CVE-2021-29951

The Mozilla Maintenance Service granted SERVICESTART 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...

Mozilla Firefox competition condition vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser from the Mozilla Foundation in the U.S. Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to a competitive condition vulnerability that exists from a competitive condition in the maintenance updater service. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to write access to...

CVE-2022-22753

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug existed in the Maintenance Updater Service that could be abused to grant Users write access to an arbitrary directory. This could have been used to escalate to SYSTEM access.This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This...

Code injection

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug existed in the Maintenance Updater Service that could be abused to grant Users write access to an arbitrary directory. This could have been used to escalate to SYSTEM access.This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This...

CVE-2022-22753

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug existed in the Maintenance Updater Service that could be abused to grant Users write access to an arbitrary directory. This could have been used to escalate to SYSTEM access.This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This...

CVE-2022-22753

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug existed in the Maintenance Updater Service that could be abused to grant Users write access to an arbitrary directory. This could have been used to escalate to SYSTEM access.This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This...

CVE-2022-22753

A Time-of-Check Time-of-Use bug existed in the Maintenance Updater Service that could be abused to grant Users write access to an arbitrary directory. This could have been used to escalate to SYSTEM access.This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.. This...