CVE-2015-4481

EUVD-2015-4501
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.
Race Condition
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
3.3 UNKNOWN
LOCAL
MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 37%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
mozillafirefox
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≤ 39.0.3
mozillafirefox
38.0
mozillafirefox
38.0.1
mozillafirefox
38.0.5
mozillafirefox
38.1.0
opensuseopensuse
13.1
opensuseopensuse
13.2
oraclesolaris
11.3
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= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
firefox
precise
not-affected
trusty
dne
vivid
not-affected