CVE-2021-29951

Mozilla: Thunderbird Maintenance Service could have been started or stopped by domain users

Published Jun 24, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Mozilla Maintenance Service granted SERVICE_START access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grants normal remote users access to start or stop the service. This could be used to prevent the browser update service from operating (if an attacker spammed the 'Stop' command); but also exposed attack surface in the maintenance service. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems older than Win 10 build 1709. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.1, Firefox < 87, and Firefox ESR < 78.10.1.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-16410 The Mozilla Maintenance Service granted SERVICE_START access to BUILTIN|Users which, in a domain network, grants normal remote users access to start or stop the service. This could be used to prevent the browser update service from operating (if an attacker spammed the 'Stop' command); but also exposed attack surface in the maintenance service. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems older than Win 10 build 1709. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.10.1, Firefox < 87, and Firefox ESR < 78.10.1.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 10:18 PM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 24, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:48 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 4, 2021, 12:00 AM