PT-2014-1136 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox+5

Published

2014-03-18

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Updated

2020-08-05

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CVE-2014-1496

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 28.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 24.4 Thunderbird versions prior to 24.4 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.25
Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the extracted mar contents during an update. This is related to the handling of mar files, which can be exploited to elevate privileges.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 28.0, update to version 28.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 24.4, update to version 24.4 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 24.4, update to version 24.4 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.25, update to version 2.25 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264CWE-269

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1407
ALT-PU-2014-1408
ALT-PU-2014-1411
BDU:2014-00228
BDU:2014-00229
BDU:2014-00230
BDU:2014-00231
CVE-2014-1496
MGASA-2014-0146

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Firefox Esr
Firefox
Seamonkey
Suse
Thunderbird