Bug 2228369 (CVE-2023-4052) - CVE-2023-4052 Mozilla: File deletion and privilege escalation through Firefox uninstaller
Summary: CVE-2023-4052 Mozilla: File deletion and privilege escalation through Firefox...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2023-4052
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Blocks: 2225289
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2023-08-02 07:53 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2023-08-04 12:12 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: firefox 115.1, thunderbird 115.1
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Last Closed: 2023-08-02 12:09:08 UTC
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2023-08-02 07:53:24 UTC 
The Firefox updater created a directory writable by non-privileged users. When uninstalling Firefox, any files in that directory would be recursively deleted with the permissions of the uninstalling user account. This could be combined with creation of a junction (a form of symbolic link) to allow arbitrary file deletion controlled by the non-privileged user. 

*This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*

External Reference:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/#CVE-2023-4052
Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-08-02 12:09:06 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-4052
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