CVE-2016-5293

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 11, 2018
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jun 3, 2016

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Firefox ESRMozilla	before 45.5Affected
FirefoxMozilla	before 50Affected

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945
1037298vdb-entry
GLSA-201701-15vendor-advisory
94336vdb-entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/

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