CVE-2015-0833: Medium severity evergreen ils vulnerability

Published Feb 25, 2015
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Updated

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in updater.exe in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 on Windows, when the Maintenance Service is not used, allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in (1) the current working directory or (2) a temporary directory, as demonstrated by bcrypt.dll.

Affected Software

495 affected components
openSUSE Evergreen=11.4
openSUSE openSUSE=13.1
openSUSE openSUSE=13.2
All of the following
Any of the following
Mozilla Firefox<=35.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.2
Mozilla Firefox=0.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.4
Mozilla Firefox=0.5
Mozilla Firefox=0.6
Mozilla Firefox=0.6.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.7
Mozilla Firefox=0.7.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.8
Mozilla Firefox=0.9
Mozilla Firefox=0.9-rc
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.2
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.10
Mozilla Firefox=0.10.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.0
Mozilla Firefox=1.0-preview_release
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.4.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.8
Mozilla Firefox=2.0
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.13
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.14
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.15
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.16
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.17
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.18
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.19
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.20
Mozilla Firefox=3.0
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.13
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.14
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.15
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.16
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.17
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.18
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.19
Mozilla Firefox=3.5
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.1
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.2
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.4
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.5
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.7
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.8
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.9
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.10
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.11
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.12
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.13
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.14
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.15
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.16
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.17
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.18
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.19
Mozilla Firefox=3.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.2
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.4
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.7
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.8
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.9
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.10
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.11
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.12
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.13
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.14
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.15
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.16
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.17
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.18
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.19
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.20
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.21
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.22
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.23
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.24
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.25
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.26
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.27
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.28
Mozilla Firefox=4.0
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta1
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta10
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta11
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta12
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta2
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta3
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta4
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta5
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta6
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta7
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta8
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta9
Mozilla Firefox=4.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=5.0
Mozilla Firefox=5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=6.0
Mozilla Firefox=6.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=6.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=7.0
Mozilla Firefox=7.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=8.0
Mozilla Firefox=8.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=9.0
Mozilla Firefox=9.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=10.0
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=11.0
Mozilla Firefox=12.0
Mozilla Firefox=12.0-beta6
Mozilla Firefox=13.0
Mozilla Firefox=13.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=14.0
Mozilla Firefox=14.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=15.0
Mozilla Firefox=15.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=16.0
Mozilla Firefox=16.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=16.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=17.0
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=18.0
Mozilla Firefox=18.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=18.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=19.0
Mozilla Firefox=19.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=19.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=20.0
Mozilla Firefox=20.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=21.0
Mozilla Firefox=22.0
Mozilla Firefox=23.0
Mozilla Firefox=23.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=24.0
Mozilla Firefox=24.1
Mozilla Firefox=24.1.1
Mozilla Firefox=25.0
Mozilla Firefox=25.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=26.0
Mozilla Firefox=27.0
Mozilla Firefox=27.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=28.0
Mozilla Firefox=29.0
Mozilla Firefox=29.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=30.0
Mozilla Firefox=31.0
Mozilla Firefox=31.1.0
Mozilla Firefox=32.0
Mozilla Firefox=33.0
Mozilla Firefox=34.0.5
Microsoft Windows
All of the following
Any of the following
Mozilla Thunderbird<=31.4
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.1.2
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.2
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.3
Microsoft Windows
All of the following
Any of the following
Mozilla Firefox=31.0
Mozilla Firefox=31.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.5
Microsoft Windows
Mozilla Firefox<=35.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.2
Mozilla Firefox=0.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.4
Mozilla Firefox=0.5
Mozilla Firefox=0.6
Mozilla Firefox=0.6.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.7
Mozilla Firefox=0.7.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.8
Mozilla Firefox=0.9
Mozilla Firefox=0.9-rc
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.1
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.2
Mozilla Firefox=0.9.3
Mozilla Firefox=0.10
Mozilla Firefox=0.10.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.0
Mozilla Firefox=1.0-preview_release
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.4.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.1
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.2
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.6
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.5.8
Mozilla Firefox=1.8
Mozilla Firefox=2.0
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.13
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.14
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.15
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.16
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.17
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.18
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.19
Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.20
Mozilla Firefox=3.0
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.13
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.14
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.15
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.16
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.17
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.18
Mozilla Firefox=3.0.19
Mozilla Firefox=3.5
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.1
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.2
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.4
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.5
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.7
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.8
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.9
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.10
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.11
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.12
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.13
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.14
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.15
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.16
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.17
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.18
Mozilla Firefox=3.5.19
Mozilla Firefox=3.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.2
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.3
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.4
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.6
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.7
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.8
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.9
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.10
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.11
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.12
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.13
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.14
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.15
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.16
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.17
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.18
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.19
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.20
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.21
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.22
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.23
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.24
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.25
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.26
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.27
Mozilla Firefox=3.6.28
Mozilla Firefox=4.0
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta1
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta10
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta11
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta12
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta2
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta3
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta4
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta5
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta6
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta7
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta8
Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta9
Mozilla Firefox=4.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=5.0
Mozilla Firefox=5.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=6.0
Mozilla Firefox=6.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=6.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=7.0
Mozilla Firefox=7.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=8.0
Mozilla Firefox=8.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=9.0
Mozilla Firefox=9.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=10.0
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=10.0.12
Mozilla Firefox=11.0
Mozilla Firefox=12.0
Mozilla Firefox=12.0-beta6
Mozilla Firefox=13.0
Mozilla Firefox=13.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=14.0
Mozilla Firefox=14.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=15.0
Mozilla Firefox=15.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=16.0
Mozilla Firefox=16.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=16.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=17.0
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.6
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.8
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.9
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.10
Mozilla Firefox=17.0.11
Mozilla Firefox=18.0
Mozilla Firefox=18.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=18.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=19.0
Mozilla Firefox=19.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=19.0.2
Mozilla Firefox=20.0
Mozilla Firefox=20.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=21.0
Mozilla Firefox=22.0
Mozilla Firefox=23.0
Mozilla Firefox=23.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=24.0
Mozilla Firefox=24.1
Mozilla Firefox=24.1.1
Mozilla Firefox=25.0
Mozilla Firefox=25.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=26.0
Mozilla Firefox=27.0
Mozilla Firefox=27.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=28.0
Mozilla Firefox=29.0
Mozilla Firefox=29.0.1
Mozilla Firefox=30.0
Mozilla Firefox=31.0
Mozilla Firefox=31.1.0
Mozilla Firefox=32.0
Mozilla Firefox=33.0
Mozilla Firefox=34.0.5
Microsoft Windows
Mozilla Thunderbird<=31.4
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.1.2
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.2
Mozilla Thunderbird=31.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR=31.5

Event History

Feb 25, 2015
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:00 AM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2015-0833?

CVE-2015-0833 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its ability to allow local users to gain elevated privileges through a specific exploit.

2

How do I fix CVE-2015-0833?

To fix CVE-2015-0833, upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox or Mozilla Thunderbird that addresses this vulnerability.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2015-0833?

CVE-2015-0833 affects Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 36.0, Firefox ESR versions before 31.5, and Thunderbird versions before 31.5 on Windows.

4

What is a Trojan horse DLL in the context of CVE-2015-0833?

In the context of CVE-2015-0833, a Trojan horse DLL is a malicious dynamic link library that could be placed in untrusted directories to exploit the vulnerability.

5

Can local users exploit CVE-2015-0833 remotely?

No, local users must have physical or direct access to the affected system to exploit CVE-2015-0833.

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