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SUSE: CVE-2016-5253: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-5253: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
08/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-devel
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-common
  • suse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other

References

  • 92260
  • 1036508
  • GLSA-201701-15
  • CVE-2016-5253

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