vulnerability
MFSA2016-80 Firefox: Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and saved shortcut file (CVE-2016-5265)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Aug 2, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 2, 2016
Added
Aug 3, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solutions
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-45_3mozilla-firefox-upgrade-48_0
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