CVE-2016-5293

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

published June 11, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00329 · 24.8th percentile
Published
2018-06-11T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JUN 21:00Z
    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
    cvelistv5