CVE-2016-5294
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5294
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5294.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-5294
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-06-11T21:29:00.593Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:09:25.131836Z
- 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
-
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.
- References
-
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5294.json"
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "45.5.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "50.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "45.5.0"
}
]
}
]