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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 | |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-firefox | Jan 27, 2017 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-firefox-esrdebian-upgrade-icedove | Nov 17, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| Freebsd | 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 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 | |
| Gentoo Linux | 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 | Jan 3, 2017 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-firefox | Nov 30, 2017 | Nov 16, 2016 | |
| Mfsa2016 89 | mozilla-firefox-upgrade-50_0 | Jul 12, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 | |
| Mfsa2016 90 | mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-45_5 | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-45_5 | Dec 1, 2016 | Nov 18, 2016 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-45-5-1-0-175-3-16-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-plugin-thunderbird-lightning-45-5-1-0-175-3-16-0-2-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-45-5-0-0-175-3-15-0-3-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-plugin-firefox-java-45-5-0-0-175-3-15-0-3-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-data-firefox-bookmarks-45-5-0-0-175-3-15-0-3-0 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-firefox | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | redhat-upgrade-firefoxredhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo | Nov 16, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-libfreebl3suse-upgrade-libfreebl3-32bitsuse-upgrade-libfreebl3-hmacsuse-upgrade-libfreebl3-hmac-32bitsuse-upgrade-libfreebl3-x86suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3suse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-hmacsuse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitsuse-upgrade-libsoftokn3-x86suse-upgrade-mozilla-nsssuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-32bitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certssuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-certs-32bitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-develsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-sysinitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-sysinit-32bitsuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-toolssuse-upgrade-mozilla-nss-x86suse-upgrade-mozillafirefoxsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-develsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translationssuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-othersuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbirdsuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-buildsymbolssuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-develsuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-other | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird | Nov 19, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
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