CVE-2023-4052

MEDIUM

MEDIUM Priority: 0.05 BB Relevance: 63/100

Published: 2023-08-01 Modified: 2026-10-23 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network

AC: Low

PR: Low

UI: None

S: Unchanged

C: None

I: High

A: None

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.