CVE-2016-5253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link.

Published: 2016-08-05

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6204	The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-69.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246944
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2016-08-05T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.915Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5253

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-05T01:59:10.893

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5253

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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