CVE-2015-2720
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.4
Description
The update implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 on Windows does not ensure that the pathname for updater.exe corresponds to the application directory, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"37.0.2"} | |
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-58.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127481
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-58.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127481
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.