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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: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5265
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

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