CVE-2015-0833

Description

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in updater.exe in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 on Windows, when the Maintenance Service is not used, allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in (1) the current working directory or (2) a temporary directory, as demonstrated by bcrypt.dll.

6.9

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.05%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72747	vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=945192
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00026.html	vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031792	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031791	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00067.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-12.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-0833?: CVE-2015-0833 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-0833?: To fix CVE-2015-0833, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-0833 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-0833 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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