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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-2826

CVE-2016-2826

Description

The maintenance service in Mozilla Firefox before 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 on Windows does not prevent MAR extracted-file modification during updater execution, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file.

Affected products

3
  • Mozilla Corporation/Firefox3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=46.0.1
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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