medium5.5
CVE-2016-5291
A same-origin policy bypass with local shortcut files to load arbitrary local content from disk.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 45.5.0 before 50.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 45.5.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2780.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94336
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037298
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- 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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292159
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3730
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-89/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-90/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-93/