Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in updater.exe in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 on Windows, when the Maintenance Service is not used, allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in (1) the current working directory or (2) a temporary directory, as demonstrated by bcrypt.dll.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00067.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-12.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72747
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031791
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031792
Source: MITRE
Published: 2015-02-25
Updated: 2018-10-30
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
Base Score: 6.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 3.4
Severity: MEDIUM