Thunderbird's update mechanism allowed a medium-integrity user process to interfere with the SYSTEM-level updater by manipulating the file-locking behavior. By injecting code into the user-privileged process, an attacker could bypass intended access controls, allowing SYSTEM-level file operations on paths controlled by a non-privileged user and enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138, Firefox ESR < 128.10, Firefox ESR < 115.23, Thunderbird < 138, and Thunderbird < 128.10.
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Thu, 01 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000
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Description | Mozilla Firefox's update mechanism allowed a medium-integrity user process to interfere with the SYSTEM-level updater by manipulating the file-locking behavior. By injecting code into the user-privileged process, an attacker could bypass intended access controls, allowing SYSTEM-level file operations on paths controlled by a non-privileged user and enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138, Firefox ESR < 128.10, Firefox ESR < 115.23, Thunderbird < 138, and Thunderbird ESR < 128.10. | Thunderbird's update mechanism allowed a medium-integrity user process to interfere with the SYSTEM-level updater by manipulating the file-locking behavior. By injecting code into the user-privileged process, an attacker could bypass intended access controls, allowing SYSTEM-level file operations on paths controlled by a non-privileged user and enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138, Firefox ESR < 128.10, Firefox ESR < 115.23, Thunderbird < 138, and Thunderbird < 128.10. |
Thu, 01 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000
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Title | firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in Firefox Updater | |
Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000
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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:30:00 +0000
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Description | Mozilla Firefox's update mechanism allowed a medium-integrity user process to interfere with the SYSTEM-level updater by manipulating the file-locking behavior. By injecting code into the user-privileged process, an attacker could bypass intended access controls, allowing SYSTEM-level file operations on paths controlled by a non-privileged user and enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 138, Firefox ESR < 128.10, Firefox ESR < 115.23, Thunderbird < 138, and Thunderbird ESR < 128.10. | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2025-04-29T13:13:33.783Z
Updated: 2025-05-01T14:22:00.568Z
Reserved: 2025-03-26T14:08:36.146Z
Link: CVE-2025-2817

Updated: 2025-04-29T14:21:04.331Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-04-29T14:15:32.220
Modified: 2025-05-02T13:53:49.480
Link: CVE-2025-2817
