CVE-2020-15663

If Firefox is installed to a user-writable directory, the Mozilla Maintenance Service would execute updater.exe from the install location with system privileges. Although the Mozilla Maintenance Service does ensure that updater.exe is signed by Mozilla, the version could have been rolled back to a previous version which would have allowed exploitation of an older bug and arbitrary code execution with System Privileges. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80, Thunderbird < 78.2, Thunderbird < 68.12, Firefox ESR < 68.12, and Firefox ESR < 78.2.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:05

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1643199 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1643199 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-38/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-38/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-41/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-41/ - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-10-01 19:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:05


NVD link : CVE-2020-15663

Mitre link : CVE-2020-15663

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-15663


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox
  • thunderbird
  • firefox_esr
CWE
CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element