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CVE-2016-5265

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.

  • Published: Aug 5, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5265
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

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Software From Fixed in
oracle / linux 5.0 5.0.x
oracle / linux 6 6.x
oracle / linux 7 7.x
mozilla / firefox - 47.0.1.x
mozilla / firefox_esr 45.1.1 45.1.1.x
mozilla / firefox_esr 45.1.0 45.1.0.x
mozilla / firefox_esr 45.2.0 45.2.0.x
mozilla / firefox_esr 45.3.0 45.3.0.x