CVE-2016-5253

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.

CVSS v3 4.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.7 MEDIUM

4.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.7^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact NONE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-08-05 01:59

Updated : 2017-08-16 01:29

NVD link : CVE-2016-5253

Mitre link : CVE-2016-5253

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5253

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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