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Status published
Medium
CVE-2016-5265
Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1278013
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-80.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
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linux, firefox
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 6, 7, 0, 45.1.0, 45.1.1, 45.2.0, 45.3.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 5th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.