CVE-2016-5294

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Thunderbird	>= unspecified, < 45.5
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	>= unspecified, < 45.5
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 50

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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