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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2015-05-14T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:24:38.542Z

Reserved: 2015-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2720

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-2720

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