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.

Affected

Mozilla · Thunderbird · Firefox ESR · Firefox

CVSS v3.0 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

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

EPSS

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 36th percentile

Published

2018-06-11

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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

Security advisories

• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
• https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry