Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/63475?format=api
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This vulnerability could be used for privilege escalation if these\noverwritten files were later invoked by other Windows components that had higher\nprivileges. \nThis issue does not affect non-Windows operating systems.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2016-2826" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/582227?format=api", "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" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/582059?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1059611?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0.2-1?distro=sid", 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