CVE-2016-2826
Mozilla Firefox Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The maintenance service in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 on Windows does not prevent MAR extracted-file modification during updater execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.
INFO
Published Date :
June 13, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:48 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2826
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2016-2826.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-2826 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-2826 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237219 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Removed CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 AND OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:46.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2826 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2826
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile