Race condition vulnerability in Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox or Firefox ESR - MFSA2015-84ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:26358 | Date: (C)2015-09-05 (M)2024-03-27 |
Class: PATCH | Family: windows |
The host is missing an important security update according to Mozilla advisory, MFSA2015-84. The update is required to fix a race condition vulnerability. A flaw is present in the applications, which fail to properly handle vectors involving a hard link to a log file during an update. Successful exploitation could allow local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Product: |
Mozilla Firefox |
Mozilla Thunderbird |
Mozilla Firefox ESR |