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GHSA-PWQ7-Q338-MGMF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:12 – Updated: 2025-11-25 18:32

Details

The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory for output files resulting from the update process. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2016-5294 (GCVE-0-2016-5294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Arbitrary target directory for result files of update process

Assigner

mozilla mitre root

References

7 references

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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 45.5 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 45.5 (custom)
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 50 (custom)

Date Public

2016-11-15 00:00

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