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CVE-2016-5293

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-11T21:00:00
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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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Mozilla

Firefox ESR

Affected Versions:

unspecified
Mozilla

Firefox

Affected Versions:

unspecified

GitHub Security Advisories

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⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-4m4x-qm8m-cxqj

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5293
WEB https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
WEB https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.955Z
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