7.8high
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 modi…
Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 28%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1036057 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- mozilla.org /security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-55.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1237219 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/91075 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-2826
- NVD: CVE-2016-2826
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