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.
History

Thu, 01 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title firefox: thunderbird: Privilege escalation in Firefox Updater
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-22
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
References

cve-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-04-29T14:15:32.220

Modified: 2025-05-02T13:53:49.480

Link: CVE-2025-2817

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-04-29T13:13:33Z

Links: CVE-2025-2817 - Bugzilla