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CVE-2016-5294

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

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

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

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)
Thunderbird· Mozilla
95%
v < 45.5v < 45.5.0
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
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.

References (7)

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_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972
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/
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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