{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "45.5.0"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "50.0"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "45.5.0"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "The Mozilla Updater can be made to choose an arbitrary target working directory for output files resulting from the update process. This vulnerability requires local system access. Note: this issue only affects Windows operating systems. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird \u003c 45.5, Firefox ESR \u003c 45.5, and Firefox \u003c 50.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-5294",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:47:04.355114071Z",
  "published": "2018-06-11T21:29:00.593Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246972"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}