CVE-2016-2809

The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.8 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-40.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212939
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-04-30 17:59

Updated : 2017-07-01 01:29

NVD link : CVE-2016-2809

Mitre link : CVE-2016-2809

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-2809

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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