{"id":"CVE-2016-5293","details":"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 \u003c 45.5 and Firefox \u003c 50.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:08:31.444541Z","published":"2018-06-11T21:29:00.547Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246945"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-5293.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"45.5.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"50.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"}]}