Security Advisory
CVE-2016-5293
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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 < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.
Published Date
June 11, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory