Is CVE-2016-5295 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5295 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5295?

CVE-2016-5295 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5295?

CVE-2016-5295 has an EPSS score of 0.33% (24th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5295?

Upgrade DeveloperEdition to 50.0 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5295

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:50.0Fixed in:50.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:50.0Fixed in:50.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.