CWE Code: 362
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 3.3
CWE Name:  Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Summary: race condition in the mozilla maintenance service in mozilla firefox before 40.0 and firefox esr 38.x before 38.2 on windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files and consequently gain privileges via vectors involving a hard link to a log file during an update.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): NONE/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2015-08-16
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-30