PT-2016-6349 · Mozilla+2 · Firefox+2

Holger Fuhrmannek · Published 2016-11-15 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-5293

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.5 Firefox versions prior to 50

Description The issue allows data to be appended to an arbitrary local file when the Mozilla Updater's log file points to a hardlink, requiring local system access. This issue only affects Windows operating systems.

Recommendations For Firefox ESR versions prior to 45.5, update to version 45.5 or later. For Firefox versions prior to 50, update to version 50 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2307

CVE-2016-5293

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3011-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Firefox

Suse

References · 2065

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5293 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5293 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90 · 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
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5698 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1701 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5687 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24713 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8642 · Note