Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2023· Updated Oct 22, 2024
CVE-2023-4052
CVE-2023-4052
Description
The Firefox updater created a directory writable by non-privileged users. When uninstalling Firefox, any files in that directory would be recursively deleted with the permissions of the uninstalling user account. This could be combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link) to allow arbitrary file deletion controlled by the non-privileged user. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 115.1, and Thunderbird < 115.1.
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Affected products
34< 115.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1
- (no CPE)range: < 116
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
< 115.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords28 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP5
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 27 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 116.0.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.2.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150000.150.97.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-112.173.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-112.173.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150000.150.97.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-112.173.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150000.150.97.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.152.99.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-112.173.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
- (no CPE)range: < 115.1.0-150200.8.127.1
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