Description

When running, the updater service wrote status and log files to an unrestricted location; potentially allowing an unprivileged process to locate and exploit a vulnerability in file handling in the updater service. *Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.3, Firefox ESR < 68.3, and Firefox < 71.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00001.html

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1510494

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-36/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-37/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-38/

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3