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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2020.2948 MFSA 2020-40 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 68.12 28 August 2020 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Thunderbird 68 Publisher: Mozilla Operating System: Windows Linux variants Mac OS Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Unknown/Unspecified Provide Misleading Information -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2020-15669 CVE-2020-15664 CVE-2020-15663 Reference: ESB-2020.2913 ESB-2020.2912 Original Bulletin: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/ - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2020-40 Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 68.12 Announced August 25, 2020 Impact high Products Thunderbird Fixed in Thunderbird 68.12 In general, these flaws cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts. # CVE-2020-15663: Downgrade attack on the Mozilla Maintenance Service could have resulted in escalation of privilege Reporter Xiaoyin Liu Impact high Description If Thunderbird is installed to a user-writable directory, the Mozilla Maintenance Service would execute updater.exe from the install location with system privileges. Although the Mozilla Maintenance Service does ensure that updater.exe is signed by Mozilla, the version could have been rolled back to a previous version which would have allowed exploitation of an older bug and arbitrary code execution with System Privileges. Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. References o Bug 1643199 # CVE-2020-15664: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation Reporter Kaizer Soze Impact high Description By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have gained access to the InstallTrigger object which would allow them to prompt the user to install an extension. Combined with user confusion, this could result in an unintended or malicious extension being installed. References o Bug 1658214 # CVE-2020-15669: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation Reporter Jason Kratzer Impact high Description When aborting an operation, such as a fetch, an abort signal may be deleted while alerting the objects to be notified. This results in a use-after-free and we presume that with enough effort it could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. References o Bug 1656957 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. The mailing list you are subscribed to is maintained within your organisation, so if you do not wish to continue receiving these bulletins you should contact your local IT manager. If you do not know who that is, please send an email to auscert@auscert.org.au and we will forward your request to the appropriate person. NOTE: Third Party Rights This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members. 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