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CVE-2016-5291

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.09 % (41th)
0.09% Progress
Affected Products 4
Advisories 16
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Mozilla Corporation
Published Date
2018-06-11 21:29:00
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2018-07-30 12:40:18
(6 years ago)

Affected Products

Debian

Mozilla

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Firefox prior 50.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox < 50.0
  Mozilla Firefox Esr prior 45.5.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr < 45.5.0
  Mozilla Thunderbird prior 45.5.0 version cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird < 45.5.0

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0