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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-5265

CVE-2016-5265

MEDIUM5.5

Mozilla Firefox before 48

Published Aug 5, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-80.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278013

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5265

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

5.5/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedAug 5, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2016-5265 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence