CVE-2015-2720
Estado: ModificadaMedia (4.4)—
La implementación de actualización en Mozilla Firefox anterior a 38.0 en Windows no asegura que el nombre de ruta para updater.exe corresponda con el directorio de la aplicación, lo que podría permitir a usuarios locales ganar privilegios a través de un fichero troyano.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 4.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.29%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 20
- Fecha de la puntuación: 11/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-17
Referencias
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-58.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127481
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-58.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1127481
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