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CVE-2016-5293
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-11T21:29:00.547 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:08.073

Summary

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.

Affected products

mozilla — firefox

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