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.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 Nov 2024, 05:05
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () 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 | |
References | () 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 | |
References | () 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 |
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
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
- thunderbird
- firefox_esr
CWE
CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element