CVE-2016-5294 (GCVE-0-2016-5294)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:53
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Arbitrary target directory for result files of update process
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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