The update implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 on Windows does not ensure that the pathname for updater.exe corresponds to the application directory, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2015-05-14T10:00:00

Updated: 2016-12-30T15:57:01

Reserved: 2015-03-25T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2015-2720

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-05-14T10:59:11.897

Modified: 2017-01-03T02:59:54.803


Link: CVE-2015-2720

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