The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory for output files resulting from the update process. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.
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Information
Published : 2018-06-11 21:29
Updated : 2025-11-25 17:50
NVD link : CVE-2016-5294
Mitre link : CVE-2016-5294
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-5294
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Products Affected
microsoft
- windows
mozilla
- thunderbird
- firefox
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
