CVE-2023-4052

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-4052
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-01 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-07 14:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 116 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 115.1 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 115.1 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296105 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 63.157.1 Missing (CPUOCT2023)
  • 378726 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-29)
  • 378728 Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-31)
  • 378735 Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA2023-33)
  • 503459 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 506067 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 710875 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202402-25)
  • 754241 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:3163-1)
  • 754242 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:3162-1)
  • 754243 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2023:3161-1)
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