CVE-2016-5294
Published: 11 June 2018
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
---|---|
sbeattie | windows only |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [windows only])
|
|
upstream |
Released
(50)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [windows only])
|
|
upstream |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
|
yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 5.5 |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | Low |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |