CVE-2016-5294 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory for output files resulting from the update process. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows
Mozilla	Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird

Configuration 1 [-]

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OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:49.006Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5294

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:00.593

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:54:01.043

Link: CVE-2016-5294

Redhat

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