CVE-2016-5293

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p27

Published

Jun 11, 2018 (Jun 11, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: mozilla debian
Products: firefox, debian linux
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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