CVE-2016-5294

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

Mozilla · Thunderbird · Firefox ESR · Firefox

CVSS v3.0 NVD

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 NVD

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 34th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972

Security advisories

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry