Description (CNA)
When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. *Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Mozilla / Thunderbird | affected before 68.3 |
| Mozilla / Firefox ESR | affected before 68.3 |
| Mozilla / Firefox | affected before 71 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html