CVE-2016-5293

Description

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/mfsa2016-90/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3