This vulnerability allows an attacker to use the Mozilla Maintenance Service to escalate privilege by having the Maintenance Service invoke the Mozilla Updater to run malicious local files. This vulnerability requires local system access and is a variant of MFSA2013-44. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ | Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
21 Nov 2024, 02:54
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
References | () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/ - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ - Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 2018-06-11 21:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 02:54
NVD link : CVE-2016-5295
Mitre link : CVE-2016-5295
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5295
JSON object : View
Products Affected
mozilla
- firefox
microsoft
- windows
CWE
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls