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.

CVSS v3.0

5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 37th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-5237
• CVE-2016-5294
• CVE-2016-5228
• CVE-2016-5298
• CVE-2016-5195
• CVE-2016-5299