CVE-2020-15663
moderate-risk
Published 2020-10-01
If Firefox is installed to a user-writable directory, the Mozilla Maintenance Service would execute updater.exe from the install location with system privileges. Although the Mozilla Maintenance Service does ensure that updater.exe is signed by Mozilla, the version could have been rolled back to a previous version which would have allowed exploitation of an older bug and arbitrary code execution with System Privileges. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80, Thunderbird < 78.2, Thunderbird < 68.12, Firefox ESR < 68.12, and Firefox ESR < 78.2.
Do I need to act?
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1.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (3)
Affected Vendors
References (12)
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1643199
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-38/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-41/
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1643199
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-36/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-38/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/
Release Notes
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-41/
43
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
4/34 · Minimal
Exposure
9/34 · Low