CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5265

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2016-08-05 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-08-05
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200, CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• oracle linux 5.0 • oracle linux 6 • oracle linux 7 • mozilla firefox (<= 47.0.1) • mozilla firefox 45.1.0 • mozilla firefox 45.1.1 • mozilla firefox 45.2.0 • mozilla firefox 45.3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness

References