Vulnerability CVE-2015-4481

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-4481 (CCN-105572)

Assigned:

2015-08-11

Published:

2015-08-11

Updated:

2018-10-30

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

8.4 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.6 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

3.3 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-362

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-4481

Source: SUSE
Type: Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1389

Source: SUSE
Type: Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1390

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2015:1453

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2015:1454

Source: CCN
Type: IBM Security Bulletin 1966845 (SmartCloud Provisioning)
Multiple vulnerabilities in Firefox affect IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for IBM Software Virtual Appliance

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-84.html

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1033247

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1033372

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171518

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
firefox-cve20154481-priv-esc(105572)

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [08-21-2015]
Mozilla Maintenance Service Log File Overwrite Elevation Of Privilege

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201605-06

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [08-21-2015]

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: UNKNOWN
37925

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2015-84
Arbitrary file overwriting through Mozilla Maintenance Service with hard links

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 39.0.3)

OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3:

cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:39.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

AND

cpe:/a:ibm:smartcloud_provisioning:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:ibm:smartcloud_provisioning:2.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20154481	V	CVE-2015-4481	2023-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7868	P	MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:645	P	Security update for php7 (Moderate) (in QA)	2022-10-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:609	P	Security update for sqlite3 (Moderate) (in QA)	2022-10-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:720	P	Security update for ucode-intel (Moderate)	2022-08-31
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3546	P	libICE6-1.0.8-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3252	P	libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94882	P	MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95176	P	MozillaThunderbird-91.8.0-150200.8.65.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1523	P	Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)	2022-06-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1167	P	Security update for jackson-databind, jackson-dataformats-binary, jackson-annotations, jackson-bom, jackson-core (Important)	2022-05-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1301	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)	2022-04-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1056	P	Security update for yaml-cpp (Moderate)	2022-04-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1693	P	Security update for stunnel (Important)	2022-03-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1412	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)	2022-02-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111904	P	MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64678	P	Security update for apache2 (Important)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111898	P	MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:945	P	Security update for net-snmp (Important)	2022-01-11
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70030	P	Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)	2021-12-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93994	P	(Important)	2021-12-06
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1137	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2021-11-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1639	P	Security update for squid (Moderate)	2021-10-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105475	P	MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105477	P	MozillaThunderbird-45.5.1-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66933	P	Security update for gd (Moderate)	2021-09-27
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71207	P	hardlink-1.0+git.e66999f-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71352	P	openssh-7.9p1-4.7 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64765	P	Security update for ghostscript (Critical)	2021-09-15
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70289	P	Security update for libesmtp (Important)	2021-09-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69925	P	Security update for ffmpeg (Important)	2021-09-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47755	P	libopenssl1_1-1.1.1-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47659	P	krb5-appl-clients-1.0.3-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48191	P	libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47130	P	powerpc-utils-1.3.2-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48156	P	libnetpbm11-10.66.3-8.7.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48172	P	libpng12-0-1.2.50-19.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47948	P	apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47673	P	libXdmcp6-1.1.1-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48256	P	pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47131	P	ppc64-diag-2.7.1-5.6 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48240	P	memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48320	P	sysvinit-tools-2.88+-101.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48080	P	libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47794	P	libtasn1-4.9-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48287	P	python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47145	P	rpcbind-0.2.3-21.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48302	P	sane-backends-1.0.24-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47241	P	dnsmasq-2.76-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48211	P	libunwind-1.1-11.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47987	P	cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-8.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48358	P	zypper-1.13.51-21.26.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47266	P	glib2-lang-2.48.2-10.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47242	P	dosfstools-3.0.26-6.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48119	P	libgraphite2-3-1.3.1-10.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47459	P	pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47256	P	freeradius-server-3.0.14-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47619	P	giflib-progs-5.0.5-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47831	P	mutt-1.10.1-55.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47591	P	dbus-1-1.8.22-29.10.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47377	P	libmpfr4-3.1.2-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47620	P	git-core-2.12.3-27.14.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48045	P	ibus-chewing-1.4.14-4.11 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47683	P	libXrender1-0.9.8-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47570	P	bzip2-1.0.6-29.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47634	P	gstreamer-plugins-base-1.8.3-12.11 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47658	P	krb5-1.12.5-40.28.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48129	P	libjansson4-2.12-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47942	P	aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681-38.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47702	P	libecpg6-10.5-1.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101020	P	minicom-2.7.1-1.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101134	P	MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72447	P	MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1098	P	libopenjp2-7-2.3.0-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62728	P	MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1732	P	open-vm-tools-desktop-11.2.5-1.17 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1773	P	Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)	2021-07-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68012	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 16 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2021-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49443	P	Security update for nodejs10 (Important)	2021-07-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66841	P	Security update for freeradius-server (Moderate)	2021-06-23
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48784	P	libFLAC++6-32bit-1.3.0-11.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48815	P	raptor-2.0.10-3.67 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48886	P	telepathy-gabble-0.18.3-5.7 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48534	P	libpng12-0-1.2.50-13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48367	P	apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48618	P	rsyslog-8.4.0-14.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48359	P	DirectFB-1.7.1-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71094	P	rpcbind-0.2.3-3.22 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48398	P	cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48680	P	libIlmImf-Imf_2_1-21-32bit-2.1.0-4.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48573	P	libzip2-0.11.1-12.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48469	P	libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48745	P	libsilc-1_1-2-1.1.10-24.128 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2435	P	MozillaThunderbird-52.8-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48657	P	yast2-3.1.206-36.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63524	P	MozillaThunderbird-52.8-1.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48776	P	gnome-shell-calendar-3.20.4-70.4 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48719	P	freerdp-1.0.2-7.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48847	P	lhasa-0.2.0-5.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64507	P	Security update for hivex (Moderate)	2021-05-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73624	P	Security update for graphviz (Critical)	2021-05-19
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67754	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 15) (Important)	2021-04-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68112	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 14 for SLE 15 SP1) (Important)	2021-03-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100707	P	(Important)	2021-02-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2474	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107373	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:116931	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63563	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72331	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62612	P	MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2515	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107686	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117201	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63604	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103506	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94307	P	MozillaThunderbird-68.8.0-3.80.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71465	P	cups-filters-1.25.0-1.107 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72109	P	MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89851	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62390	P	MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103747	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72220	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:90092	P	MozillaThunderbird-60.6.1-3.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62501	P	MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70184	P	osc on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64420	P	opensc on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73247	P	libxcb-composite0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50080	P	libvirt on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67854	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50134	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49332	P	socat on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73506	P	jcl-over-slf4j on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49386	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50119	P	apache2-mod_php7 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50173	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66582	P	pam on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66674	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49497	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50160	P	libpskc-devel on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:50214	P	MozillaThunderbird on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73365	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49554	P	libjbig2-32bit on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49608	P	MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20154481000	V	CVE-2015-4481 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2015-08-15
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20154481000	V	CVE-2015-4481 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2015-08-15

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