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CVE-2016-5265

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 allow user-assisted remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy, and conduct Universal XSS (UXSS) attacks or read arbitrary files, by arranging for the presence of a crafted HTML document and a crafted shortcut file in the same local directory.

Published

2016-08-05T01:59:21.173

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
    CWE-200
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System oracle linux 5.0 Yes
Operating System oracle linux 6 Yes
Operating System oracle linux 7 Yes
Application mozilla firefox ≤ 47.0.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 45.1.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 45.1.1 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 45.2.0 Yes
Application mozilla firefox 45.3.0 Yes
References