CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5293
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
When the Mozilla Updater is run, if the Updater's log file in the working directory points to a hardlink, data can be appended to an arbitrary local file. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (< 45.5.0)
• mozilla firefox (< 50.0)
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory