Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2016-5295
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Windows
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-5295?
- CVE-2016-5295 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2016-5295?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.