CVE-2016-2826 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

CWE-2643 documents3 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.48%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxDebian Firefox-esr
Timeline
PublishedJun 13
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The maintenance service in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 on Windows does not prevent MAR extracted-file modification during updater execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox46.0.1+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-f7c8-7wc6-wrv3: The maintenance service in Mozilla Firefox before 47↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-2826: firefox - The maintenance service in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x befo...↗2016
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