CVE-2016-5253

Publication date 5 August 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
thunderbird	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

windows only

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.7 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.7 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N