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CVE-2016-5293

N/A
Published: June 11, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxFirefoxFirefox ESR· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
8.0
Firefox· Mozilla
95%
v < 45.5.0v < 50v < 50.0
Affected range stops below 50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 50.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)
Firefox ESR· Mozilla
60%
v < 45.5
Affected range stops below 45.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 45.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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