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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2018-06-11T21:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:53:48.955Z
Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-5293
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-06-11T21:29:00.547
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:54:00.923
Link: CVE-2016-5293
Redhat
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