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CVE-2016-5293

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.

  • Published: Jun 11, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5293
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
mozilla / firefox - 50.0
mozilla / firefox_esr - 45.5.0
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x