CVE-2021-29951

The Mozilla Maintenance Service granted SERVICE_START access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grants normal remote users access to start or stop the service. This could be used to prevent the browser update service from operating (if an attacker spammed the 'Stop' command); but also exposed attack surface in the maintenance service. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems older than Win 10 build 1709. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.1, Firefox < 87, and Firefox ESR < 78.10.1.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1690062	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-10/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-19/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-18/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-06-24 07:15

Updated : 2022-07-12 10:42

NVD link : CVE-2021-29951

Mitre link : CVE-2021-29951

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr
thunderbird

microsoft

windows

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