CVE-2016-5293

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    CVE-2016-5293

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High