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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade libxulUpgrade firefox-esr | Dec 10, 2025 | Sep 7, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Mfsa2016 69 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 48.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Aug 3, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaFirefox-devel | Dec 9, 2016 | Aug 4, 2016 |
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