ghsa-gjqm-928w-fr7f
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-08-01 15:30
Modified
2024-04-04 06:28
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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 and Firefox ESR < 115.1.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-4052"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-08-01T15:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-gjqm-928w-fr7f",
  "modified": "2024-04-04T06:28:33Z",
  "published": "2023-08-01T15:30:31Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31"
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