CVE-2015-4505

MediumCVSS 6.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 24, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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