Name: CVE-2016-5279: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Published: 2016-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-5279, CWE-200, CVSS 4.3, EPSS 0.01383

Mozilla Firefox before 49.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive full-pathname information during a local-file drag-and-drop operation via crafted JavaScript code.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	arch-linux-upgrade-latest	Jul 11, 2025	Sep 22, 2016
Freebsd	View advisory ↗	freebsd-upgrade-package-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-firefox-esrfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-libxulfreebsd-upgrade-package-thunderbirdfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-thunderbird	Nov 14, 2016	Sep 20, 2016
Gentoo Linux	View advisory ↗	gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbirdgentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird-bingentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefoxgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin	Oct 30, 2017	Sep 22, 2016
Mfsa2016 85	View advisory ↗View advisory ↗	mozilla-firefox-upgrade-49_0	Oct 25, 2016	Sep 22, 2016
Suse	—	suse-upgrade-mozillafirefoxsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-develsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-other	Sep 26, 2016	Sep 22, 2016
Ubuntu	View advisory ↗	ubuntu-upgrade-firefox	Sep 22, 2016	Sep 22, 2016

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