CVE-2016-2809

Description

The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.83% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212939
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-40.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-2809?
CVE-2016-2809 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-2809?
To fix CVE-2016-2809, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-2809 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-2809 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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