CVE-2016-2809
The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user...
5.5 Medium
CVE-2016-2809 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Mozilla Firefox, published April 30, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.66%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 5.5 MediumCVSS 3.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 1.66%EPSS, 76th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
1.66%Down 3.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 899 CVEs | before 50.1.0-1.1 | 50.1.0-1.1 |
firefox-esropenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 1860 CVEs | before 128.5.1-1.1 | 128.5.1-1.1 |
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution.
- Record
CVE-2016-2809- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution.
- Record
CVE-2016-2809- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3882No score
The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution.
- Record
EUVD-2016-3882- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4qq8-cxv5-977h
The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user...
The Mozilla Maintenance Service updater in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 on Windows allows user-assisted remote attackers to delete arbitrary files by leveraging certain local file execution.
- Record
GHSA-4qq8-cxv5-977h- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1No score
MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1No score
firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
securitytracker.com/id/1035692
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1212939
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-40.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2809
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qq8-cxv5-977h
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5913
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