PT-2016-1822 · Mozilla · Firefox

Holger Fuhrmannek · Published 2016-04-26 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-2809

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 46.0

Description The issue is related to the Mozilla Maintenance Service updater component in Mozilla Firefox, which has access control weaknesses. This allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by manipulating local files. The exploitation of this issue can lead to the removal of files on the affected system.

Recommendations For versions prior to 46.0, update to version 46.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01155

CVE-2016-2809

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Affected Products

Firefox

References · 2065

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2809 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01155 · Security Note
• http://mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-40.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2809 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-25728 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-31743 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12392 · Note
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