CVE-2016-5266 — Firefox vulnerability

CWE-2648 documents7 sources
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxDebian FirefoxDebian Firefox-esr
Timeline
PublishedAug 5
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTransfer) actions for file: URIs, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to access local files via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 48.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox47.0.1
▶debiandebian/firefox< firefox 48.0-1 (sid)
▶debiandebian/firefox-esr< firefox 48.0-1 (sid)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2fjc-qvwr-7hf8: Mozilla Firefox before 48↗2022-05-17
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-08-05
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OSV
CVE-2016-5266: Mozilla Firefox before 48↗2016-08-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-08-05
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Information disclosure and local file manipulation through drag and drop (MFSA 2016-81)↗2016-08-02
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Debian
CVE-2016-5266: firefox - Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 does not properly restrict drag-and-drop (aka dataTr...↗2016
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5266 Mozilla: Information disclosure and local file manipulation through drag and drop (MFSA 2016-81)↗2016-08-01
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