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CVE-2016-2826 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237219 CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91075 CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036057 CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237219 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox
45.1.0
45.1.1
<= 46.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2826
NVD Published Date:
Jun 13, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2826 Details - Not Deferred