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CVE-2015-4481

Race condition in the Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving a hard link to a log file during an update.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2015-4481 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from mozilla, from microsoft, from opensuse and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2015, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2015-08-16T01:59:08.877

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 39.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.1.0	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	*	No
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.3	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-84.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171518 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37925/ ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-84.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171518 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37925/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.