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Vulnerability_idVCID-sk48-b8j4-akg5
Summary
Security researcher Holger Fuhrmannek reported an issue where the
Mozilla Maintenance Service updater on Windows can delete arbitrary files because of its
privileged system access. This file deletion can then potentially be used for further
privilege escalation. This flaw requires users to execute a locally saved file in order
for it to be triggered.
This issue does not affect non-Windows operating systems.
Aliases
0
alias CVE-2016-2809
Fixed_packages
0
url pkg:deb/debian/firefox@0?distro=sid
purl pkg:deb/debian/firefox@0?distro=sid
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@0%3Fdistro=sid
1
url pkg:deb/debian/firefox@151.0.2-1?distro=sid
purl pkg:deb/debian/firefox@151.0.2-1?distro=sid
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@151.0.2-1%3Fdistro=sid
2
url pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@0?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@0?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@0%3Fdistro=trixie
3
url pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1%3Fdistro=trixie
4
url pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.10.2esr-1~deb12u1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.10.2esr-1~deb12u1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable true
affected_by_vulnerabilities
0
vulnerability VCID-gwvj-7ub4-c3g7
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.10.2esr-1~deb12u1%3Fdistro=trixie
5
url pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.10.2esr-1~deb13u1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.10.2esr-1~deb13u1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable true
affected_by_vulnerabilities
0
vulnerability VCID-gwvj-7ub4-c3g7
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.10.2esr-1~deb13u1%3Fdistro=trixie
6
url pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.11.0esr-1?distro=trixie
purl pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.11.0esr-1?distro=trixie
is_vulnerable true
affected_by_vulnerabilities
0
vulnerability VCID-gwvj-7ub4-c3g7
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr@140.11.0esr-1%3Fdistro=trixie
7
url pkg:ebuild/mail-client/thunderbird@45.6.0
purl pkg:ebuild/mail-client/thunderbird@45.6.0
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/mail-client/thunderbird@45.6.0
8
url pkg:ebuild/mail-client/thunderbird-bin@45.6.0
purl pkg:ebuild/mail-client/thunderbird-bin@45.6.0
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/mail-client/thunderbird-bin@45.6.0
9
url pkg:ebuild/www-client/firefox@45.6.0
purl pkg:ebuild/www-client/firefox@45.6.0
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/www-client/firefox@45.6.0
10
url pkg:ebuild/www-client/firefox-bin@45.6.0
purl pkg:ebuild/www-client/firefox-bin@45.6.0
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/www-client/firefox-bin@45.6.0
11
url pkg:mozilla/Firefox@46.0.0
purl pkg:mozilla/Firefox@46.0.0
is_vulnerable false
affected_by_vulnerabilities
resource_url http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:mozilla/Firefox@46.0.0
Affected_packages
References
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reference_url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2809.json
reference_id
reference_type
scores
url https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2809.json
1
reference_url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 0.00446
scoring_system epss
scoring_elements 0.63749
published_at 2026-05-29T12:55:00Z
url https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2809
2
reference_url https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
reference_id
reference_type
scores
0
value 7
scoring_system cvssv2
scoring_elements AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C
url https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
3
reference_url https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330272
reference_id 1330272
reference_type
scores
url https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330272
4
reference_url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2809
reference_id CVE-2016-2809
reference_type
scores
url https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2809
5
reference_url https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
reference_id GLSA-201701-15
reference_type
scores
url https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
6
reference_url https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-40
reference_id mfsa2016-40
reference_type
scores
0
value none
scoring_system generic_textual
scoring_elements
url https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-40
Weaknesses
Exploits
Severity_range_score7.0 - 7.0
Exploitabilitynull
Weighted_severitynull
Risk_scorenull
Resource_urlhttp://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-sk48-b8j4-akg5