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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
mozillaCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 21%
VendorProductVersion
mozillafirefox
𝑥
< 45.5.0
mozillafirefox
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< 50.0
mozillathunderbird
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< 45.5.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
firefox
sid
132.0.1-1
fixed
firefox-esr
bullseye
115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1
fixed
bullseye (security)
128.4.0esr-1~deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
128.4.0esr-1~deb12u1
fixed
trixie
128.3.1esr-2
fixed
sid
128.4.0esr-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
firefox
yakkety
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
precise
not-affected
thunderbird
yakkety
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
precise
not-affected
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/