CVE - CVE-2015-4481

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-4481	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-84.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171518 EXPLOIT-DB:37925 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37925/ GENTOO:GLSA-201605-06 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 SECTRACK:1033247 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 SECTRACK:1033372 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1389 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1390 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1453 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1454 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
Assigning CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Date Record Created
20150610	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150610)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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