{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T08:09:37+00:00","cve":"CVE-2016-5295","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2016-5295","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2016-5295.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5295","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5295"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2016-5295","description":"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.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"security@mozilla.org","published_at":"2018-06-11 21:29:00","updated_at":"2018-07-30 12:46:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-264"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/","name":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 50 — Mozilla","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337","name":"94337","refsource":"BID","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"title":"Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/","name":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Local privilege escalation through Mozilla Maintenance Service — Mozilla","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298","name":"1037298","refsource":"SECTRACK","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"title":"Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof URLs, Modify Files, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239","name":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Access Denied","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5295","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5295","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2016","cve_id":"5295","vulnerable":"-1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"microsoft","cpe5":"windows","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2016","cve_id":"5295","vulnerable":"0","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"microsoft","cpe5":"windows","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2016","cve_id":"5295","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"mozilla","cpe5":"firefox","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2016","cve_id":"5295","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"mozilla","cpe5":"firefox","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"security@mozilla.org","ID":"CVE-2016-5295","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"Firefox","version":{"version_data":[{"version_affected":"<","version_value":"50"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"Mozilla"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Mozilla Maintenance Service: Ability to read arbitrary files as SYSTEM"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"94337","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94337"},{"name":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2013-44/"},{"name":"1037298","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298"},{"name":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/"},{"name":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247239"}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2018-06-11 21:29:00","lastModifiedDate":"2018-07-30 12:46:00","problem_types":["CWE-264"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":5.9},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL","baseScore":4.6},"severity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":6.4,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"AND","children":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"50.0","cpe_name":[]}]},{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":false,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe_name":[]}]}],"cpe_match":[]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2016","CveId":"5295","Ordinal":"91345","Title":"CVE-2016-5295","CVE":"CVE-2016-5295","Year":"2016"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2016","CveId":"5295","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"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.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2016","CveId":"5295","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2018-06-11","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2016","CveId":"5295","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2018-06-12","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}