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CVE-2016-5291

A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 45.5, Firefox ESR < 45.5, and Firefox < 50.

Published

2018-06-11T21:29:00.437

Last Modified

2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 45.5.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 50.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	< 45.5.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)