CVE-2016-2826

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237219
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:45.1.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-06-13 03:59

Updated : 2016-11-28 12:04

NVD link : CVE-2016-2826

Mitre link : CVE-2016-2826

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

mozilla

firefox
firefox_esr

microsoft

windows

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