Race condition vulnerability in Mozilla Maintenance Service in Mozilla Firefox or Firefox ESR - MFSA2015-84 (Mac OS X)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:26459 | Date: (C)2015-09-03 (M)2024-01-29 |
Class: PATCH | Family: macos |
The host is missing an important security update according to Mozilla advisory, MFSA2015-84. The update is required to fix a race condition vulnerability. A flaw is present in the applications, which fail to properly handle vectors involving a hard link to a log file during an update. Successful exploitation could allow local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges.
Platform: |
Apple Mac OS 14 |
Apple Mac OS 13 |
Apple Mac OS 12 |
Apple Mac OS 11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.15 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.14 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.13 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.12 |
Product: |
Mozilla Firefox ESR |
Mozilla Firefox |
Mozilla Thunderbird |