CVE-2023-4052

Name	CVE-2023-4052
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
firefox (PTS)	sid	133.0.3-1	fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)	bullseye	115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	trixie	128.5.0esr-1	fixed
	sid	128.5.1esr-1	fixed
thunderbird (PTS)	bullseye	1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	1:128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	1:128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	1:128.5.2esr-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
firefox	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
firefox-esr	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
thunderbird	source	(unstable)	(not affected)

Notes

- firefox <not-affected> (Affects only Firefox on Windows)
- firefox-esr <not-affected> (Affects only Firefox ESR 115.0.1 on Windows)
- thunderbird <not-affected> (Affects only Thunderbird on Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-29/#CVE-2023-4052
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-31/#CVE-2023-4052
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-33/#CVE-2023-4052