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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:54

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 - Third Party Advisory () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-06-11 21:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:54


NVD link : CVE-2016-5294

Mitre link : CVE-2016-5294

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5294


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
  • firefox_esr

microsoft

  • windows
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation