Local privilege escalation via ineffective SMB write lock
Published Jun 19, 2023 · Updated Dec 11, 2024
Privilege escalation in Mozilla Firefox before 112, Firefox ESR before 102.10, and Thunderbird before 102.10 allows local users to gain SYSTEM access. The Maintenance Service reads an attacker-selected MAR archive twice, and an SMB server can replace it after signature verification because the requested write lock is ineffective. Exploitation requires local Windows access and an installed Maintenance Service; the demonstrated payload runs as LocalSystem.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Mozilla Firefox before 112, Firefox ESR before 102.10, and Thunderbird before 102.10 allows local users to gain SYSTEM access. The Maintenance Service reads an attacker-selected MAR archive twice, and an SMB server can replace it after signature verification because the requested write lock is ineffective. Exploitation requires local Windows access and an installed Maintenance Service; the demonstrated payload runs as LocalSystem.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-29532
- Published
- Jun 19, 2023
- Updated
- Dec 11, 2024
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Firefox
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 19, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 11, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <112
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Public exploit references
- Mozilla Bug 1806394 proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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