CVE-2016-5253
Published: 5 August 2016
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | windows only |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [windows only])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(48)
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(windows only)
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 4.7 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |