Vulnerability CVE-2016-5294: Information
Description
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.
Severity: MEDIUM (5.5) Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Fixed packages
Package name | Branch | Fixed in version | Version from repository | Errata ID | Task # | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | sisyphus | 50.0-alt1 | 125.0.2-alt1 | ALT-PU-2016-2307-1 | 172397 | Fixed |
| firefox | p10 | 50.0-alt1 | 118.0.2-alt0.p10.1 | ALT-PU-2016-2307-1 | 172397 | Fixed |
| firefox | p9 | 50.0-alt1 | 105.0.1-alt0.c9.1 | ALT-PU-2016-2307-1 | 172397 | Fixed |
| firefox | p8 | 50.0-alt0.M80P.1 | 68.0.1-alt0.M80P.1 | ALT-PU-2016-2324-1 | 172557 | Fixed |
| firefox | c10f1 | 50.0-alt1 | 112.0.2-alt0.p10.1 | ALT-PU-2016-2307-1 | 172397 | Fixed |
| firefox | c9f2 | 50.0-alt1 | 105.0.1-alt0.c9.1 | ALT-PU-2016-2307-1 | 172397 | Fixed |
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ |
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ |
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| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ |
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| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972 |
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| GLSA-201701-15 |
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| 1037298 |
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| 94336 |
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