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medium 5.5

CVE-2023-29532 json

A local attacker can trick the Mozilla Maintenance Service into applying an unsigned update file by pointing the service at an update file…

published 2023-06-19 3 y ago modified 2026-10-23 16 d ago also EUVD-2023-33074

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A local attacker can trick the Mozilla Maintenance Service into applying an unsigned update file by pointing the service at an update file on a malicious SMB server. The update file can be replaced after the signature check, before the use, because the write-lock requested by the service does not work on a SMB server.

*Note: This attack requires local system access and only affects Windows. Other operating systems are not affected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 112, Firefox ESR < 102.10, and Thunderbird < 102.10.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 112
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 102.10
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 102.10
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP4, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 102.10.1-150200.8.113.2
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +9 more 102.10.0-150200.152.84.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +6 more 102.10.0-112.156.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS 102.10.0-150000.150.82.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2064-1SUSE-SU-2023:1855-1SUSE-SU-2023:1819-1SUSE-SU-2023:1817-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 102.10.0-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 112.0.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12852-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12882-1

  • firefox-esr Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +3 more 102.10.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-29532

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-29532 updated cvss 7.5

Mozilla: Mozilla Maintenance Service Write-lock bypass

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 firefox, firefox-x11, thunderbird
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
22 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

References

Sources

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