vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2016-5295: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 15, 2016 | Dec 5, 2016 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 15, 2016
Added
Dec 5, 2016
Modified
Feb 4, 2022
Description
This vulnerability allows an attacker to use the Mozilla Maintenance Service to escalate privilege by having the Maintenance Service invoke the Mozilla Updater to run malicious local files. This vulnerability requires local system access and is a variant of MFSA2013-44. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-mozillafirefoxsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-develsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other
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