CVE-2016-5294 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Firefox ESRMozilla Thunderbird+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefoxunspecified — 50
▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 45.5.0+1
▶CVEListV5mozilla/firefox_esrunspecified — 45.5
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 45.5
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 45.5.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-pwq7-q338-mgmf: The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory for output files resulting from the update process↗2022-05-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-5294: firefox - The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory ...↗2016
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