CVE-2016-5293
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5293
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5293.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5293
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-06-11T21:29:00.547Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:08:31.444541Z
- Severity
-
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "45.5.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "50.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "8.0"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5293.json"