| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2015-2720 (CCN-103217) | ||||||||||||
| Assigned: | 2015-05-12 | ||||||||||||
| Published: | 2015-05-12 | ||||||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-01-03 | ||||||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.4 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) 3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-17 | ||||||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2015-2720 Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-58.html Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 74611 Source: CCN Type: BID-74611 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird MFSA 2015-48 through -58 Multiple Vulnerabilities Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127481 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN mozilla-firefox-cve20152720-priv-esc(103217) Source: CCN Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2015-58 Mozilla Windows updater can be run outside of application directory | ||||||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||||||
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