Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-4505
CVE-2015-4505
Description
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.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=40.0.3
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <38.3
- (no CPE)range: <41.0
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
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