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CVE ID: CVE-2016-5293

Description: When the Mozilla Updater is run, if the Updater's log file in the working directory points to a hardlink, data can be appended to an arbitrary local file. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5293
BugTraq ID: 94336
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298

CVE ID:	CVE-2016-5293
Description:	When the Mozilla Updater is run, if the Updater's log file in the working directory points to a hardlink, data can be appended to an arbitrary local file. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 45.5 and Firefox < 50.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5293 BugTraq ID: 94336 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298