Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-5293 First vendor Publication 2018-06-11
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-07-30

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

When the Mozilla Updater is run, if the Updater's log file in the working directory points to a hardlink, data can be appended to an arbitrary local file. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5293

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 453
Application 93

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-04 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-07 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1407.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-18 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_45_5_esr.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-18 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v...
File : mozilla_firefox_50_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-16 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_d185311007f44645895b6fd462ad0589.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

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