CVE-2025-2817
HIGHDescription
Thunderbird's update mechanism allowed a medium-integrity user process to interfere with the SYSTEM-level updater by manipulating the file-locking behavior. By injecting code into the user-privileged process, an attacker could bypass intended access controls, allowing SYSTEM-level file operations on paths controlled by a non-privileged user and enabling privilege escalation. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 138, Firefox ESR 128.10, Firefox ESR 115.23, Thunderbird 138, and Thunderbird 128.10.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 40% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1917536
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-28/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-29/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-31/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-32/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00022.html
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