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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-5253
The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows...
Vulnerability Description
The Updater in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 on Windows allows local users to write to arbitrary files via vectors involving the callback application-path parameter and a hard link.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
mozilla
View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 5th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.