CVE-2023-4052
Published: 1 August 2023
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | mozjs contains a copy of the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine |
mdeslaur | starting with Ubuntu 22.04, the firefox package is just a script that installs the Firefox snap |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(windows-only)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(windows-only)
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
(windows-only)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
(windows-only)
|
|
noble |
Not vulnerable
(windows-only)
|
|
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
mozjs102 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Needs triage
|
|
noble |
Needs triage
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs38 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs52 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs68 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
jammy |
Does not exist
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs78 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
mozjs91 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Does not exist
|
focal |
Does not exist
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
lunar |
Does not exist
|
|
mantic |
Does not exist
|
|
noble |
Does not exist
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
noble |
Not vulnerable
|
|
trusty |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Ignored
(end of standard support)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 6.5 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |