CVE-2016-2809

low-risk
Published 2016-04-30

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.39% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
Vendor Advisory http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-40.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212939
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
Vendor Advisory http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-40.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212939
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal