CVE-2016-5291
Mozilla: Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and saved shortcut file (MFSA 2016-89, MFSA 2016-90)
Severity Score
5.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
1
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Omisión de política del mismo origen con archivos de atajo locales para cargar contenido local arbitrario desde el disco. La vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird en versiones anteriores a la 45.5, Firefox ESR en versiones anteriores a la 45.5 y Firefox en versiones anteriores a la 50.
*Credits:
N/A
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Authentication
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2016-06-03 CVE Reserved
- 2016-11-16 CVE Published
- 2023-06-05 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-06 First Exploit
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
References (11)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298 | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159 | 2024-08-06 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93 | 2018-07-30 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5291 | 2016-11-16 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395065 | 2016-11-16 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | < 50.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 50.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" | < 45.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 45.5.0" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 45.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 45.5.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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