Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-5295 (CCN-118935)

Assigned:2016-11-15
Published:2016-11-15
Updated:2018-07-30
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
8.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-5295

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
94337

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94337
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1037298

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
firefox-cve20165295-priv-esc(118935)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/

Source: CCN
Type: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2016-89
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 50

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 50.0)
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox:49.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20165295
    V
    		CVE-2016-5295
    2023-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7868
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:609
    P
    		Security update for sqlite3 (Moderate) (in QA)
    2022-10-04
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:720
    P
    		Security update for ucode-intel (Moderate)
    2022-08-31
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3252
    P
    		libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94882
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-91.8.0-150200.152.26.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1523
    P
    		Security update for MozillaThunderbird (Important)
    2022-06-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1167
    P
    		Security update for jackson-databind, jackson-dataformats-binary, jackson-annotations, jackson-bom, jackson-core (Important)
    2022-05-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1301
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)
    2022-04-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1056
    P
    		Security update for yaml-cpp (Moderate)
    2022-04-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1412
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 11 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)
    2022-02-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111898
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:945
    P
    		Security update for net-snmp (Important)
    2022-01-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70030
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)
    2021-12-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93994
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-12-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1639
    P
    		Security update for squid (Moderate)
    2021-10-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105475
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71207
    P
    		hardlink-1.0+git.e66999f-1.25 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69925
    P
    		Security update for ffmpeg (Important)
    2021-09-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47831
    P
    		mutt-1.10.1-55.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47377
    P
    		libmpfr4-3.1.2-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47130
    P
    		powerpc-utils-1.3.2-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48129
    P
    		libjansson4-2.12-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47702
    P
    		libecpg6-10.5-1.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47145
    P
    		rpcbind-0.2.3-21.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48256
    P
    		pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47942
    P
    		aaa_base-13.2+git20140911.61c1681-38.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47459
    P
    		pam_krb5-2.4.4-4.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47241
    P
    		dnsmasq-2.76-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48358
    P
    		zypper-1.13.51-21.26.4 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48240
    P
    		memcached-1.4.39-4.6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47683
    P
    		libXrender1-0.9.8-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47256
    P
    		freeradius-server-3.0.14-1.8 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48045
    P
    		ibus-chewing-1.4.14-4.11 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47570
    P
    		bzip2-1.0.6-29.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47131
    P
    		ppc64-diag-2.7.1-5.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48191
    P
    		libsmi-0.4.8-18.55 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47794
    P
    		libtasn1-4.9-3.5.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47266
    P
    		glib2-lang-2.48.2-10.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48287
    P
    		python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48156
    P
    		libnetpbm11-10.66.3-8.7.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47591
    P
    		dbus-1-1.8.22-29.10.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47242
    P
    		dosfstools-3.0.26-6.5 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48302
    P
    		sane-backends-1.0.24-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62728
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101134
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72447
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-78.10.0-8.38.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49443
    P
    		Security update for nodejs10 (Important)
    2021-07-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48398
    P
    		cyrus-sasl-2.1.26-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48367
    P
    		apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-4.364 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48469
    P
    		libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71094
    P
    		rpcbind-0.2.3-3.22 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-06-08
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64507
    P
    		Security update for hivex (Moderate)
    2021-05-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67754
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 15) (Important)
    2021-04-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100707
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-02-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:116931
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72109
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62390
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-52.7.3-1.35 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89851
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72220
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103506
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62501
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-60.6.2-3.32.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72331
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107373
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62612
    P
    		MozillaFirefox-68.8.0-3.87.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-03
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66674
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49497
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64420
    P
    		opensc on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73247
    P
    		libxcb-composite0 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67854
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49332
    P
    		socat on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49608
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66582
    P
    		pam on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73365
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49386
    P
    		MozillaFirefox on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49554
    P
    		libjbig2-32bit on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201652950000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5295 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20165295000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5295 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20165295000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5295 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
    2018-06-11
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20165295000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5295 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
    2016-11-17
    BACK
    mozilla firefox *
    microsoft windows -
    mozilla firefox 49.0