CVE-2016-5291

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 19
Modified
Published: 11 Jun 2018, 21:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:53

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.04% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Jun 2018, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:53
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.04%• Percentile: 11%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • mozilla•firefox

    < 45.5.0 | < 50.0 | ≥ unspecified, < 50

  • mozilla•firefox_esr

    ≥ unspecified, < 45.5

  • mozilla•thunderbird

    < 45.5.0 | ≥ unspecified, < 45.5

References (9)