CVE-2016-5293
Mozilla Firefox Local Path Traversal Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 11, 2018, 9:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:54 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5293
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-5293
.
URL | Resource |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945 | Issue Tracking |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ | Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945 | Issue Tracking |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | Third Party Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 50.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 45.5.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 13, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5293
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5293
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.01%
score
0.22644
percentile