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ubuntu-cve-2023-4052

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-08-01 15:15

Modified

2026-04-22 07:45

Summary

Details

The 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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4052	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1824420	REPORT
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	REPORT
	https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4052	REPORT

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CVE-2023-4052 (GCVE-0-2023-4052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-01 14:59 – Updated: 2024-10-22 14:39

Summary

The 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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-22 14:38 UTC

CWE

File deletion and privilege escalation through Firefox uninstaller

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1824420
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 116 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 115.1 (custom)
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 115.1 (custom)

Credits

ycdxsb

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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