CVE-2016-5293

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5293
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-07-30T12:44:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 50.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 45.5.0
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945 Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5293
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5293
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:40:51 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:38:02 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:38:02 2018-07-30T12:44:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:38:02 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated