CVE-2016-5295

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:54

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 - 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=1247239 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory () 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 () https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ - Vendor Advisory () 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


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • firefox

microsoft

  • windows
CWE
CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls