Improper Access Control Affecting Firefox-ESR package, versions [,115.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FIREFOXESR-5817105
  • published3 Aug 2023
  • disclosed1 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-4052  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Firefox-ESR to version 115.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control when the Firefox updater creates a directory writable by non-privileged users. An attacker can cause arbitrary file deletion controlled by the non-privileged user. This is only exploitable if Firefox is being uninstalled on Windows.

CVSS Scores

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