The Firefox updater created a directory writable by non-privileged users. When uninstalling Firefox, any files in that directory would be recursively deleted with the permissions of the uninstalling user account. This could be combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link) to allow arbitrary file deletion controlled by the non-privileged user. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 115.1, and Thunderbird < 115.1.
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Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2023-08-01T14:59:17.527Z

Updated: 2024-10-22T14:39:12.886Z

Reserved: 2023-08-01T14:58:45.476Z

Link: CVE-2023-4052

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:17:11.103Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-01T15:15:10.207

Modified: 2023-08-07T14:15:11.350

Link: CVE-2023-4052

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4052 - Bugzilla