CVE-2023-4052

CVE-2023-4052CVE-2023-4052

mozilla / firefox

Description

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.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 116, Firefox ESR < 115.1, and Thunderbird < 115.1.

Scoring

CVSS 6.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Last modified2026-10-23
Sourced from NVD. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.