CVE-2016-5294

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

Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ThunderbirdMozilla	before 45.5Affected
Firefox ESRMozilla	before 45.5Affected
FirefoxMozilla	before 50Affected

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972
1037298vdb-entry
GLSA-201701-15vendor-advisory
94336vdb-entry
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/

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