When was CVE-2015-4505 disclosed?

CVE-2015-4505 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 24, 2015, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2015-4505 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-4505 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 28.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2015-4505?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-4505, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2015-4505

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

updater.exe in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files by conducting a junction attack and waiting for an update operation by the Mozilla Maintenance Service.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 28.1%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

security@mozillahttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
security@mozillahttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
security@mozillahttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
security@mozillahttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html
security@mozillahttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
security@mozillahttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
security@mozillahttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-100.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177861

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