The update implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 on Windows does not ensure that the pathname for updater.exe corresponds to the application directory, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2810 The update implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 on Windows does not ensure that the pathname for updater.exe corresponds to the application directory, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.542Z

Reserved: 2015-03-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-2720

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-05-14T10:59:11.897

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-2720

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