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
Link | 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 |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Updated: 2018-06-12T09:57:01
Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-5293
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:00.547
Modified: 2018-07-30T12:44:35.097
Link: CVE-2016-5293
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE