CVE-2015-0833
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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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Runs on — not affected
The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00067.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-12.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
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