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CVE-2016-5295 DetailDescriptionThis 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. Severity
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Weakness Enumeration
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Denotes Vulnerable Software Quick InfoCVE Dictionary Entry:CVE-2016-5295 NVD Published Date: 06/11/2018 NVD Last Modified: 07/30/2018 Source: Mozilla Corporation |