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CVE-2016-5294

The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory for output files resulting from the update process. This…

Medium5.5EPSS 0.41%
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Updated
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Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2016-5294, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Mozilla · Thunderbird

    • affected unspecified – < 45.5

  • Mozilla · Firefox ESR

    • affected unspecified – < 45.5

  • Mozilla · Firefox

    • affected unspecified – < 50

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