A local attacker can trick the Mozilla Maintenance Service into applying an unsigned update file by pointing the service at an update file on a malicious SMB server. The update file can be replaced after the signature check, before the use, because the write-lock requested by the service does not work on a SMB server. *Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, and Thunderbird < 102.10.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/ Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · mozillaNVD modified 2026-10-23 23:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806394 Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/ Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1806394 Permissions Required
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-13/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-14/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2023-15/ Vendor Advisory