Mozilla Predictable Temporary File Symbolic Link Arbitrary File Overwrite (deprecated)

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1309

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a local flaw in the way that it creates temporary files.

Description

The remote host is running a version of the Mozilla browser that follows symbolic links on lock files created in the /tmp directory, allowing a local attacker to create arbitrary files in the security context of the Mozilla user.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1309

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:mozilla

Reference Information

BID: 3743