fkie_cve-2016-5294
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2018-06-11 21:29
Modified
2024-11-21 02:54
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox_esr *
mozilla thunderbird *
microsoft windows -


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