Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-5253
CVE-2016-5253
Description
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=47.0.1
- (no CPE)range: <48.0
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-69.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92260nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvd
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