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CVE-2016-5291 (GCVE-0-2016-5291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:53
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Same-origin policy violation using local HTML file and saved shortcut file
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 45.5 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 45.5 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 50 (custom)
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Date Public
2016-11-15 00:00
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